Yesterday, my wife and I celebrated our
46th wedding anniversary. I remember the day like it was yesterday.
It was a cold, rainy, blustery day and I was extremely nervous. There were 500
people at St. John’s Lutheran Church and Pastor Dobberfuhl performed a
beautiful traditional wedding service. Things were different back then. The
Beatles song, “We can work it out” was number 1 on the hit parade and the price
of gas was only 32 cents.
The thing that sticks in my mind is that
the U. S. Government deficit in 1966 was only $3.7 billion. When put into today’s
inflation adjusted dollars, that is $26.24 billion, which is less than 3% of
this year’s $1.089 trillion deficit. The Democratic administration’s reckless
spending has pushed the national debt to $16 trillion! Four years in a row we
have had deficits that exceed $1 trillion. We talk about the fiscal cliff but
the current administration has done nothing to stop our rush towards disaster.
It is time for a change in leaders. We must stop the government from borrowing
a trillion dollars every year to pay for its budget. The longer we wait to
balance the budget, the more painful it will be.
The Tsar remembers that day like it was, well, 46 years ago . . . when he was young and smooth shaven and had two natural knees. It was a great day and you two were a lovely couple. And the Tsar was happy that his buddy had finally donned the chains the Tsar had worn already for 6 years.
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You were my best man and you are still a pretty good man. You are the most durable friend that I have.
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