So the donation pushes have also started rolling in trying to get us to give money to Japan to help with the recovery. I'm all about helping. I have a small problem with it which will make me seem a little callous, but I'm going to share it anyway. The government is taxing me at a very high rate. I quit looking at how many trillions of dollars the USA is in debt to the rest of the world. They'll give money to Japan. They've already sent military ships over there and are aiding in the nuclear power plant problems. We're directly paying for that. If anything it should kind of irritate you that we Americans spent more money bailing out GM than we'll spend helping Japan.
However, if you still want to add a personal touch, I've heard that you can text REDCROSS to 90999 and that'll put a $10 charge on your phone bill and send $10 to the Red Cross. Hopefully you'll get to add it to your tax deductions. I'm thinking AT&T will probably be the ones who get to write it off. More tax dollars at work.
Perhaps I should have saved this rant for a less cynical day.
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