Let’s See Government Tax Rainwater

I don’t normally bore you with local issues but this has widespread implications I’d like to share.  A lot of people I talk to are fed up with government intrusion and excessive taxation and are frustrated at what to do about it.  I live in the City of Yelm, Washington and this past summer the city jacked its water rates up to the point where citizens got a rude awakening when they opened their bill and many found their bill had more than doubled.  I nearly soiled myself when I got our bill.  So I wondered how I could deny the government the ability to confiscate what little money I have left to be confiscated.  The solution was to use less water and deny them the additional revenue but using less water in a household with two females is easier said than done.  So I got to looking around for an answer and my eyes fixed upon my roof.  There was my answer.  A source of free water that the government couldn’t tax was sitting right over my head.  Every time it rains, hundreds of gallons of water is collected by my roof and diverted to storm water collections ponds.  If I collected that water and stored it, I could have a free supply of water in the summer for gardening and my lawn without getting the shaft from my local government.  This concept is nothing new.  I remember that my grandfather had a few old plastic trash cans set up under his carport’s downspouts though at the time I had no idea why.  Now it all makes sense.  His was sticking it to the man before they stuck it to him.  So if you were looking for a way to take a little bit of action in your own world, a rain barrel might be just the ticket.  There’s even a bonus.  Your liberal neighbors will mistakenly believe you are “going green”.  That should be good for a laugh.