taxes were being levied
against anyone on welfare
who had more bedrooms
than officially reported dependents

"these idle freeloaders are living the life and sucking up hard earned tax money"
grumbled a junior congressman to his aide

"well they'll all be conscripted soon enough." Replied the aide. "Anyone with a net worth under $50k shall be conscripted... HB11123."

"go get me my hemmorhoid medicine"

The congessman was cleaning his new government issue Glock G 197 when it went off barely missing the returning aide.

"holy shit I thought it wasn't loaded!"

"Are you okay?"

the aide had passed out still holding the hemmorhoid medicine

On the television government funding of corporate buy out strategies were being rated by
insurance analysts. It looked like a good time to invest in the depreciation of drop dead bonds funded by the tech sector. Or for something safer foreign aide to warlords seemed a promising shorts option.