The "crazies" in the Tea Party Movement are...

[kwame k]

No, I think you need to read your own quote again, Mensa.

OK, Forrest I'll try and dumb this down for you even more.........

California State University, let's look at the middle word here and put on our thinking caps, shall we. State hmmmm, why would they put that word in the middle like that Forrest? Might it be a publicly funded school by the State of California?

Let's make a mental leap here, Forrest.........

"This is not about Sarah Palin," Brown said in a prepared statement Tuesday. "The issues are public disclosure and financial accountability in organizations embedded in state-run universities."

Go lay down for an hour and see if this information sinks in, Forrest.

[kwame k]

Scott Ritter....'nuff said...he was busy looking for 13 year-old Iraqi girls.

That may be true but Hans Blix was looking for WMD's and was in charge of looking for WMD's and found none but we can't trust someone from Sweden to be neutral now can we.

[PETE'S BROTHER]

quick sidestep here, kwame, waddaya think about the drummer Zoltan?

[kwame k]

The dude playing with Vince Neil or Dr Zoltan, the electronic/programmer drummer?

[Blackflag]

Similarities to general public
In some ways, Tea Party supporters look like the general public. For instance, despite their allusions to Revolutionary War-era tax protesters, most describe the amount they paid in taxes this year as “fair.” Most send their children to public schools, do not think Sarah Palin is qualified to be president, and, despite their push for smaller government, think that Social Security and Medicare are worth the cost. They are actually more likely than the general public to have returned their census forms, despite some conservative leaders urging a boycott.



So, WTF are they so "angry" about? It's all about perception, and bullshit.

Without more information, I'd say they're ok with the amount of taxes they paid this year and ok with some of the things the federal government spends money on.

That doesn't account for the billions of dollars that the taxpayers are in debt for, but is not reflected in their tax bill. So it's disingenuous to ask if you're ok with the amount of tax you paid, when the bulk of your obligation isn't reflected in your tax bill.

It also doesn't account for all the shit the federal government spends money on, but they don't agree with. Again, disingenuous to ask if you're ok with social security, then equate that with being ok with what the federal government spends money on...when most of what the fed spends money on is not SS and medicare. Ask them if they're ok with the military spending, the bank bailouts, this cash giveaway to the insurance companies, etc. Because that's the majority of the budget right there.

That's what most hilarious about the people who proudly pay their taxes and support higher tax rates. They sit there and say, 'you should be glad to pay your taxes - we need better health care!!' Well, your money doesn't go to pay for health care. It pays for Afghanistan and Goldman Sachs. Only a fucking fool would pay taxes for that.

I think that's what they're probably pissed about, and not social security.

[jhale667]

I think that's what they're probably pissed about, and not social security.

Don't forget the whole "black guy running the country" thing more of their ranks than they're willing to admit are upset about too...

[PETE'S BROTHER]

The dude playing with Vince Neil or Dr Zoltan, the electronic/programmer drummer?

the dude playin' with neil

[Kristy]

Where did you go, hideyourbrain? To collect your unemployment benefits? Foodstamp line, right? Or to get on welfare? Which one, hmmm?

If any were true hideyoursheep would still be above the fray of you living in your parents basement sponging off of them like the true parasite you are.

[Blackflag]

Don't forget the whole "black guy running the country" thing more of their ranks than they're willing to admit are upset about too...

If they're like me, the only color they care about is green. So get over yourself.

A majority of the country voted for this guy, and didn't care if he was black. Unfortunately, he's cornholing them all now.

[jhale667]

If they're like me, the only color they care about is green. So get over yourself.

After you...

A majority of the country voted for this guy, and didn't care if he was black.

They're the vocal minority that DIDN'T, and does. And if they were really about taxes, more than 2% of them surveyed would know that their taxes have gone DOWN under Obama...

[Blackflag]

They're the vocal minority that DIDN'T, and does. And if they were really about taxes, more than 2% of them surveyed would know that their taxes have gone DOWN under Obama...

You're easily distracted.

A) They have valid points about the government...but you must ignore them, because they're racists!! They don't hate taxes, they just hate black people!! [ignore the deficit, don't look behind the curtain]

They said they were ok with the amount of tax they paid. So that's not the issue, is it?

B) Your taxes have gone down! Everything is fine! No problems here... [ignore the deficit, don't look behind the curtain]

[jhale667]

PUH-LEEZ. Where was your [ignore the deficit, don't look behind the curtain] mantra for the last 8 years, dipshit?

[kwame k]

the dude playin' with neil

That guy's been around forever and he's one hell of a showman!

[PETE'S BROTHER]

thanks, ok, carry on with..........politics.

[jhale667]

Taxes lowest in 60 years, thanks to Democrats and Obama

I'm sure the teabaggers in DC today will be thanking Obama and the Democratic Congress for overcoming GOP obstructionism and lowering taxes to their lowest level in 60 years?

On April 15, after laboring through their taxes, many Americans may be asking if the president meant what he said. More than three quarters of Americans, according to a CBS News/ New York Times poll released that same month, thought the Obama administration has either kept taxes the same for most Americans or increased them. The latest CBS News/ New York Times poll released yesterday shows that as many as 34 percent of Americans think Mr. Obama raised taxes.

Today, thousands of Tea Partiers will descend on Washington to declare they've been "Taxed Enough Already." Yesterday's poll found that 64 percent of Tea Party supporters think the administration has raised taxes -- a finding that might leave Democrats banging their heads against their desks.

"The American people need to be reminded that 98 percent of Americans got a tax cut last year," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday.

Reid was referring to the impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as the stimulus -- essentially, the only Obama policy to really impact people's 2009 tax returns. In fact, tax refunds reached an all-time high this year in part because of the stimulus, the president said in his weekly address on Saturday. Meanwhile, taxes are at their lowest levels in 60 years, according to William Gale, co-director of the Tax Policy Center and director of the Retirement Security Project at the Brookings Institution.

"The relation between what is said in the tax debate and what is true about tax policy is often quite tenuous," Gale told Hotsheet. "The rise of the Tea Party at at time when taxes are literally at their lowest in decades is really hard to understand."

The misconception is largely due to Rush Limbaugh and Fox News, living in their alternate reality and sharing it with their audience of millions of incredulous conservatives. But it's also a failure of Democrats to sell their accomplishments.

98 percent of Americans got tax cuts. The richest two percent, well, they didn't. The teabaggers, doing the bidding of America's richest elite, will remain outraged about that injustice. So they are always welcome to send their record-high tax refunds to Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, and Bill O'Reilly. That way, they can prove once and for all that they are not all sound and ignorant fury.

Or are they more concerned about the deficit? If so, they are always free to tear up that refund check, doing their part to lower America's deficit.

Actions! They should would speak louder than their angry, uninformed words.

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