Tiffany Bond  🦞 🇺🇸Verified account

The commission sales job goes like this - I have to quit my secure job I have been at for years with a reasonable salary to take this commission sales job with so much "potential" that is an opportunity I can't miss. I'll make a ton so in the end it's MUCH better. #mepolitics

BUT I'm going to need you to base my child support on this ridiculously low base until I make it big. This will pay for itself and then some, have a little faith! Sound like the tax bill? #mepolitics

Another fun strategy is OMG, I JUST BOUGHT ALL THIS STUFF AND HAVE NO MONEY BUT YOU CAN HAVE EVERY PENNY LEFT OVER AFTER MY MORTGAGE, Car payment (the kids need to be in a safe car), new motorcycle (saves $ on gas), new gym membership (I need to be healthy)... #mepolitics

...trip with my new significant other (I want to be less stressed to be a better parent), increased grocery budget (I just can't cook like you and you want the kids to have healthy veggies, right?)... Sound like the omnibus/budget? #mepolitics

When those don't work, you've set it up so that the next step is to go to court and ask for a downward deviation because you just can't live in your budget and it needs to be sustainable, so OBVIOUSLY the thing that should be cut is child support. #mepolitics

Everything else is a credit-approved, budgeted item and you income is spoken for. Plus, child support is probably bigger than all of those smaller items anyway. Sound like a balanced budget argument? #mepolitics

The economy is strong (ish), unemployment is low (ish). This is when you pay down bills, put back the $ you borrowed from the piggy bank and get your house in order for leaner times. #mepolitics

Congress is setting up to come for your social security, medicare and medicaid. They have been dipping into your piggy bank for years and not properly paying back. Want to hear the argument? #mepolitics

I took this commission job for you and have struggled to make ends meet in hope I could provide more. Why are you so obsessed with $? We cut taxes to help the ecomony and put $ back in your pocket. We thought it would work for growth, but YOU didn't spend enough. #mepolitics

I had to restructure my life to be a healthy parent with a safe car and less stress so I could be functional. Think about the vegetables, everyone loves veggies! We passed this budget so that you would have a functional government, so the troops would get paid. #mepolitics

I have to stay within my budget. This stuff just can't be cut. I'M OBLIGATED! Do you want me to file bankruptcy because I've had to borrow everything from the kids piggy bank? They'll be fine and you can get another job for your needs. Why is this my problem? #mepolitics

We have to have a balanced budget. It's law! It's responsible! Our problem is social security/medicare/medicaid. We simply can't repay the $ or contribute more so we'll have to restructure it so it's there later. Some is better than none! Quit whining! Get a job! #mepolitics

When you set up a system to make it so you can't pay, it's very easy to make it look very rational. Not collecting enough, overspending, then demanding a budget that cuts your moral and legal obligations is crap. Don't fall for it. #mepolitics

Your representative should be... 1. Smart enough to see this coming 2. Compassionate enough to think it's wrong 3. Wise enough to do better We should be fiscally prudent. We should *not* manufacture a crisis through poor choices, play hero, then blame others. #mepolitics