Car Inspection - A State Tax IMO

So my car has to be inspected before the end of this month. Otherwise the cop who will be sitting at any given street corner on October 1st will bust me. How beat is that that cops would do that, right? I mean come on, don't you have anything better to do than pull people over because their cars were not inspected? Aren't there murderers, rapists and drug dealers running around? Or maybe it's because the city is so poor (because you mishandled our tax dollars) that you need to give your citizens tickets - that ain't right!

Not that all cops do this. For those that don't, THANK YOU! I have passed you and you let me go & you rock! But your fellow cops who pull us over, I think they need to focus on more important matters.

And unfortunately for me my check engine light has gone off - great! WTH? And now I won't pass inspection until that light is off. WHY? Oh yeah, that's right. Because the government is out to rip me off either directly or indirectly any way that they can. And that means my inspection is gonna turn into a much more expensive venture, which means that I have less money available for my family. Get out of my life!

Yeah maybe I'm paranoid, but in this depression (and shame on those in the media that are trying to put a positive spin on the economy when there are so many people out of work which means less money going into the economy - duh!) I've gotta watch every dime. Hopefully my inspection tomorrow doesn't turn into anything more than that, but for some reason I'm expecting to get bent over and reamed with a $1,000 bill.

I wonder how much the garages kickback to the government. Where is Dateline NBC when you need them.

Lesson Learned (or in process): my money is a blessing from God, so they're really taking His money anyway. And if I truly have faith that He'll take care of us then I need to let it go (though I still have the responsibility of being a good steward of what He has given me). You pray for me & I'll pray for you, K? Cool!

Update: $2,500 just to pass inspection. Just say NO to Saab!