The Memes Have It

Memes of the Day

Inspired by the Clallam County Watchdog article, Canceled Meetings & Maui: Who Is Clallam County Working For?

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Thanks to the Watchdog’s daily tidbit for some meme-spiration!

While some people will always think it is wrong for the haves to have more, they forget that they have something too — nerve:

Granted, I’m still living without a dishwasher in 2026, which means anyone who has a dishwasher is a have in my book:

Not to mention having an appendix:

I recognize, though, that there are harder challenges in life than not having a dishwasher, or an appendix, or wealth:

While I might be a have to some, and a have not to others, one thing I’m definitely not is in denial.

During our financial struggles it didn’t help me to hate on the haves since they weren’t the ones keeping me down. I kept myself down with bad financial habits.

Yes, it’s annoying to not be catered to as a have not — or at least a have less — but I don’t blame businesses who want to make money for not catering to people who don’t have money. If have nots are looking to be catered to, that’s what government does best, not private business.

I’m not in denial of what I have. I prefer admiring the haves than hating on them, especially if hating them only makes me not want to become one:

When people promote the idea that the have nots are suffering because the haves have more than them, all they’re doing is stirring the pot of hatred which doesn’t solve anything except stirring up more hatred:

If anyone thinks it’s wrong that people have more than others, they are welcome to give away what they have to those who have less:

However, the modern trend is for the have nots and the haves with less to blame those who have more for not giving away their wealth to help people who have less:

It’s also a trend to advocate on behalf of the marginalized without being marginalized, which is nothing more than virtue signaling:

Meanwhile, in Clallam County, the asymmetrical advantage of tax exemption goes ignored by those who blame the haves for having more:

An accurate term for this situation is an un-level playing field or, more formally, unfair competition. The situation creates an asymmetrical advantage for the tax-exempt entity, which can sometimes lead to predatory pricing.

Key terms describing this unfairness:

• Unfair Competition: Specifically, the IRS and courts have noted this, as tax-exempts can use their status to gain an unfair advantage.

• Asymmetrical Advantage/Unequal Advantage: Indicates that one party bears a tax burden (income tax, property tax) that the other does not, allowing for lower costs or greater expansion.

• Distortion of Competition: The tax difference distorts the free market by subsidizing the non-profit’s commercial activities.

• Subsidized Competition: The exemption acts as a subsidy from the government, allowing the non-profit to compete more cheaply.

Source

I’m not against the success of anyone. I’m also in favor of a level playing field. If one team on the field doesn’t have to play by the same rules, then they aren’t playing the same game and success cannot be measured the same.

Granted, non-tribal businesses can utilize all the breaks that the tax codes and regulations allow; but if a non-tribal business cannot be tax-exempt like the tribe, then the game is not only skewed, it is rigged in favor of the tribe — and government rigged it.

Still, that’s no reason to give up.

It’s a reason to give thanks for all I have, and a reminder to work hard (and smart) in order to have more:

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The Strait Shooter:

Hitting inboxes at 6:03 this morning, take a step back in time with today’s May the Fifth Edition, featuring Civil War era campaign signage, land transfer participation tote bags, and the unofficial renaming of the William Shore Pool District to something that better reflects the fools in charge.

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