i don't mind paying taxes, gotta pay for the military somehow, but... NO PITY FOR THE LAZY!!!
Posted on 04/13/2010 4:06:41 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Two days remain until Tax Day, when the post office will weather a windfall of last-minute tax forms and cities across the nation will witness the ill wind that is the Tea Party Pretenders. And it blows no good.
Local Tea Partiers will rally in Hamilton on April 15, doing their best to put the bitter in the Bitterroot. They will raise the flag and tout the Constitution, calling themselves “patriots.”
In protesting taxes, they are anything but.
Vice President Joe Biden called it right: Paying taxes is patriotic. Yes, shelling out a few more bucks can feel painful, but taxes support the U.S. government and the troops that fight for the country. At least the many veterans who join the tax day protest should remember that.
Every time people intone, “God bless the U.S.A.,” why do they presume that a god would spend his blessings on a country if its people aren’t willing to spend their dollars on it?
The Tea Party movement began in early 2009, right after the election of the “3rd Antichrist,” as some refer to President Barack Obama in Web site comments. Their first Tax Day Tea Party was just last year. That’s apparently when things got so bad that they needed to protest taxation.
But at that point, Obama had only been in office for three months and had done nothing to raise taxes and little, relative to his predecessor, to increase government spending. There was nothing to protest. Talk about a tempest in a teapot. Unless they were really objecting to the political swing to the left, which is more likely.
One hole in their self-righteous tea bag is that Obama actually helped to pass one of the biggest tax cuts in U.S. history as part of his stimulus package. One-third of his $787 billion stimulus package financed two years worth of tax cuts. So Tea Baggers are whining about getting to keep an average of $70 a month in their pockets. If they’re going to complain about the deficit, they should give it back.
Tea Baggers claim to promote fiscal responsibility, free markets — the same ones that got us into this economic mess — and constitutionally limited government.
Here’s some Constitution for them: The Sixteenth Amendment says that Congress can collect income tax. No limitations. Their claims that the amendment is invalid have been repeatedly judged “frivolous.” People who brandish the Constitution should uphold all of it, not just a few handpicked, reinterpreted sections.
Some people complain that their tax dollars are supporting things they don’t like. But that’s the case for everyone. It’s called “living in a democracy.” Paying taxes is not à la carte. But with everyone paying, everyone gets a little of something they want. And everyone wants something.
Fiscal responsibility is a worthy goal. The government could probably be more efficient. The thing is, only a minority of Americans are fiscally responsible, according to credit statistics. So, probably few Tea Baggers can demand it of their government without being hypocritical.
But let’s assume a few can. Fiscal responsibility means cutting back when less cash is under the mattress. But what to cut? The Tea Baggers aren’t much help there; they just want less government.
Since the military had $965 billion and Medicare had $413 billion of the 2009 budget, if both areas were cut completely, it would almost eliminate the $1.5 trillion deficit. Problem solved in a fiscally responsible way. Especially since many conservatives have labeled Medicare “socialized medicine,” so they don’t need it.
Chances are, because many older supporters depend on Medicare, Tea Baggers would oppose such a plan even though it means less government. So again, they really don’t mean less government across the board; they just want less of the kind of government they don’t like.
If Tea Baggers really want less government, they should stop being contentious speed bumps and let legislators do the negotiating that can lead to successful compromise. Instead, they threaten and intimidate lawmakers to the point where money is being spent on legislative sessions with few laws to show for it.
Meanwhile, we patriots have to pay for the result of their bullying and hold-ups with our taxes. Now that’s something to protest.
As for Ms. Lundquist’s charges of hypocrisy, I’m all for abolishing Medicare. Who’s with me?
PING!
Slavery is patriotic: the new media/democrat mantra.
And the Pope is not Catholic
This woman is Pure Stupid.
I’ve read some lame stuff from the left but this takes
the cake.
Since this is how low the present war has degenerated to let me please be the first to declare 0bama and his Leftist Elites, that would include the author of this piece as being unpatriotic TRAITORS to America's security, specifically from their Master's comment our what a dam shame it is that America is a Superpower.
I must've slept through that one.
I signed up JUST so I could comment on this idiot’s tripe.
She’s had 168 views and 2 comments. A post on FR about Sarah Palin’s moose hunting garners far much interest.
I wonder if she donates her used undies for a tax writeoff like a President we know.
I always get a kick when I see where I donated more to charity each year than some of the lib candidates.
Is this satire? Sure is funny, lololol!
So the 47% of our population that pays no taxes are traitors?
If I were one of them, I’d be insulted. Rich and well rested, but insulted. /s
If paying taxes is so patriotic, I guess all the tax cheat RATS are not.
i don't mind paying taxes, gotta pay for the military somehow, but... NO PITY FOR THE LAZY!!!
Gee, I thought the Revolutionary war was fought by Patriots who were sick of excess taxes.
Her profs should be fired and her parents should sue for their money back.
I'm not sure abolishing it will be needed. It's going broke anyway. Just don't fund it out of general revenues.
Maybe the “patriotic” liberals should pay double taxes to cover the freeloaders who don’t pay any tax and leave the rest of us alone.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.