Your Tax Dollars at Work

We had to go to the local Social Security office yesterday because Lisa needed a physical card as part of her employment. The office opened at 9:00 AM, but they open the doors at 8:30 so that people can come in and take a number to be served. We didn't know about the early open, so by the time we got there at 9:00, there were at least 75 people waiting in the office.

They started with two windows open in the beginning, and I noticed that at most, there would be three windows open for business. Lisa was able to finish up her paperwork at around 10:45. She was on company time.

While we were waiting, a big truck pulled up to make a delivery. I was hoping it would be computers so that they could open up more windows. Nope, it was about 6-8 high back super-deluxe office swivel desk chairs. If I were to guess, they were probably around $250 each. If it were up to me, these particular federal government workers should be sitting on those $6 plastic chairs from Wal-Mart.

Well, now that Lisa is a Colorado State employee, she will not be contributing into the Social Security system. That is fine with us. We were not planning on receiving anything from it when we retire. So we are saving 6% of her pay in Social Security taxes. Thank God for small favors.