Friday, December 14, 1984

Our Great Gas God wants to form a holding company to diversify. I understand their reasons for wanting to form the holding company. They'll repay and pay more dividends to their stockholders, since they'll be making less money in central Illinois in the future. Due to government regulation, they will never lose money, because if they lost money, they would go bankrupt, break even or lower their prices so that more people and businesses could afford to do business with them. They refuse to state that they will keep sixty percent of their new businesses in the service area, and want carte blanche. They have raped us until now, and don't appear trustworthy to me; just another rape without a kiss for their existing customers.

The state government of Illinois has okayed the passage of a bill requiring the 'mandatory' use of front seat belts by anyone sitting in the front seat.
Another infringement on my basic, constitutional, very private rights. It's just another way to generate income for the state, counties and cities. Since my car isn't equipped with seat belts, I'll be fined $25.00 whenever the police catch me or I'll have to install some type of seat belt. It's just another form of taxation. I wonder who the Bozos are that sit around and think up these mandates to make money. I find it so difficult to comprehend that the American public can be so gullible. Perhaps P.T. Barnum was right when he said "There's a sucker born every minute". This state apparently has a lot of suckers, and a lot of P.T. Barnums too, figuring out how to rip people off.

Larry paid me today, $90.50, and Marie paid me $75.00, plus Marie gave me $10.00 for my Christmas present.