Budget Cuts

Today is day 4 of being unemployed. Thanks to the Cook County Budget cuts, I am no longer a public defender. My dream job will have to change to photographer. Or criminal... round up my ex clients and see if they will go half on a brick.

Here is the logic of the powers that be of Cook County. Save money by laying off young public defenders without thinking about the fact that the time a defendant's trial is started will be delayed because each attorney will have more clients. The clients will spend more time in County Jail where the cost to house a human is quite high. Therefore, the county will end up spending more money.

And it is not like more money is spent on preventative measures like drug rehab programs or job training programs.

With all of the condos going up in the southside, one would think that the people who live there would be the ones building these condos - WRONG! Maybe I should get in the construction business...

I guess I need to come to the conclusion that people in power don't give a fuck about the poor. Why not come out and just tell them, "you are on your own!" Why did it take so long for me to understand this and have my bubble busted?