Not all jurisdictions have Saturday Arraignment Court; but lucky are we in DC where the tax paying residents' base is far lower than the greater base of recipients who suck every dollar they can out of it. We cannot infringe on any ones' right to bonding out from their Friday night crime to be out on the town Saturday night; hence, so there is Saturday Arraignment Court, compliments of your high taxed working persons' income.
I question why we have to pay for housing for people who choose not to work. We then feed and entertain them, giving free Metro passes to them to litter and be ungrateful. For all things handed to them, we all have to work. In this economy we struggle with good jobs to pay for and make ends meet and live within our means.
The irony this weekend is that tomorrow would have been Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday and I still remember quotes from his first state of the union address, "You cannot spend yourself rich," and "You should govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish." Both phrases come to mind when I look around Arraignment Court. Both are self explanatory. All I will add is that there are all sorts of ways to cook that fish.
I see Louis Vitton, ghetto weaves, hair extensions, fresh acrylic nails, tattoos, double dyed indigo designer jeans and specialty high tops in the latest custom design all displayed as a right on family members of the defendants; or the defendants who are all getting court appointed attorneys. What a fine system we have when tax dollars pay for prosecuting and defending the criminal while we pay for their reduced rent housing, assisted heat and electric, and food stamps all so that they can put their money towards things they choose to spend it on like going out, having designer clothes, cable and all the latest video games and a luxury car. How wonderful is that!
Meanwhile my friends get to work overnight in the least desirable areas and I get to work all day. We are tired when we get home and yet we get to be responsible and balance our bank accounts. After paying rent so that we have somewhere to live so we can go to work, we tend to laundry and personal grooming necessities to enable a good work presentation. After calculating the money left after paying health insurance and other responsible citizen bills there is that complex decision of what to do with the small denominations left for food and possibly some form of entertainment. The simple educated answer is to utilize the public library and check out a book for free to supplement the quiet law abiding citizen activities and sit home on a Saturday night reading. There is no justification for cable, after all, my job is more entertainment than you could ever get on tv. You just cannot make this stuff up! And then there is the other fact that I don't have a 72 inch flat screen tv or all the latest video games that I would need if I didn't know how to appreciate a great book or a literary classic.
