Courthouse News columnist; racehorse owner and breeder; one of those guys who always got picked last.
I don’t know about you, but I feel cheated. I got my Covid vaccine when I was supposed to and I was pretty happy about it. But now a bunch of states — including California as of last week — are offering prizes for getting shots.
In California, the first 2 million people getting shots after May 27 get paid! You show up for a shot and you get a $50 gift card.
I understand why this is happening — we need to end the pandemic — but you have to realize that the people being rewarded are all the goofballs who avoided getting shots when they were supposed to.
Where are the rewards for the good behavior of all us goodie-two-shoe types? (We’re still eligible for prize drawings, but the odds of winning aren’t great.)
At the very least, those of us who got shots before, say, the end of March should be awarded certificates of merit from our states.
Then we can be insufferable.
Spot the differences. Examine the two photos below and see if you can tell if they’re different.
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