Corporate benevolence....
I haven't listened to the FM radio in my car for the longest of times and so this week I decided to give the "oldies" station a try. I did like the music but remembered why I gave up on radio years ago. The advertisements outweigh the music played by about 5:1.
I did listen long enough, however, to repeatedly hear one ad from a group who is looking out for my best interests. If you live in Texas, perhaps you've heard it too. A soft spoken Texan voice tells me that the lawmakers down in Austin are once again trying to shaft me, the little guy, by raising my taxes. And pardner they [it's always "they"] don't care a lick that when I stop in at the 7-11 I'm going to be paying more for things like soda pop, Cheeze Puffs, Slim Jims and cigarettes. Oh yeah, cigarettes. Tex, on the ad, intimates that by Gawd this is just un-American and decidedly un-Texan. Those lawmakers don't give a squat about me.
I especially like the part where Tex tells us that this tax, if passed, will "hurt the people the most who can least afford it". Those people being the po' folks that buy the neccessities of life like Ding Dongs and cigarettes at the local convenience store.[note to these people: don't buy snacks and cigarettes, you'll avoid most of the tax].
Listen long enough to Tex's pontification and you'll discover that, lo and behold, this paid political advertisement is being presented for the benefit of all us little guys in Texas by none other than our friend.....Phillip Morris. I'm grateful to a large conglomorate like this for sticking up for me, the average Texan, in this fight against Austin and "them". I wonder if the fact that Phillip-Morris makes cigarettes has anything to do with their care and concern. Naw.
I haven't listened to the FM radio in my car for the longest of times and so this week I decided to give the "oldies" station a try. I did like the music but remembered why I gave up on radio years ago. The advertisements outweigh the music played by about 5:1.
I did listen long enough, however, to repeatedly hear one ad from a group who is looking out for my best interests. If you live in Texas, perhaps you've heard it too. A soft spoken Texan voice tells me that the lawmakers down in Austin are once again trying to shaft me, the little guy, by raising my taxes. And pardner they [it's always "they"] don't care a lick that when I stop in at the 7-11 I'm going to be paying more for things like soda pop, Cheeze Puffs, Slim Jims and cigarettes. Oh yeah, cigarettes. Tex, on the ad, intimates that by Gawd this is just un-American and decidedly un-Texan. Those lawmakers don't give a squat about me.
I especially like the part where Tex tells us that this tax, if passed, will "hurt the people the most who can least afford it". Those people being the po' folks that buy the neccessities of life like Ding Dongs and cigarettes at the local convenience store.[note to these people: don't buy snacks and cigarettes, you'll avoid most of the tax].
Listen long enough to Tex's pontification and you'll discover that, lo and behold, this paid political advertisement is being presented for the benefit of all us little guys in Texas by none other than our friend.....Phillip Morris. I'm grateful to a large conglomorate like this for sticking up for me, the average Texan, in this fight against Austin and "them". I wonder if the fact that Phillip-Morris makes cigarettes has anything to do with their care and concern. Naw.
