Teabagging Parties....

inmytree
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edited April 2009 in A Moving Train
What's the point of these parties...?
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  • Phool
    Phool Milwaukee, WI Posts: 84
    edited April 2009
    It gives clever people like you the ability to call them "teabagging"
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    They are to protest the sick amount of government spending. Is that too hard to understand?
  • CJMST3K
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  • ledvedderman
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    JB811 wrote:
    They are to protest the sick amount of government spending. Is that too hard to understand?

    Why are they just starting now? The record surplus was left in 2001, then the record spending and increase in the size of gov't started and now we're in a record deficit. Yet, 100 days into the new administration they're putting out the "non-partisan" "impeach obama" signs
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  • deadmosquito
    deadmosquito Posts: 729
    can anyone explain what exactly it is? why teabags? i don't get it.
  • CJMST3K
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    deadmosquito wrote:
    can anyone explain what exactly it is? why teabags? i don't get it.

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  • Phool
    Phool Milwaukee, WI Posts: 84
    all jokes aside,

    The TEA (Taxed Enough Already) Parties mean different things to different people but basically it is a large mass of people who are fed up with the how the past two administrations have been throwing money away. They are non partisan. It was started by a house mom in Washington..not the GOP...the Parties are saying democrat’s suck and republicans suck. People are fed up with how both parties in office and in congresses have been spending money like drunken frat boys in a strip club.

    I like many people have seen my 401K go in the shitter the past few months. My pay check has been cut 25% for the next 6 months; I have to reign in my spending. Why doesn’t the government cut there spending... instead the past administrations are handing out millions of dollars to ACORN and bonuses to AIG execs and bailing out failing car companies ect...........

    Obama may be cutting taxes now with trillions of dollars in spending some day soon the tax man will commeth for all of us.

    One party gave up on there principals the other party gave up on the constitution...time to vote them all out.
  • ledvedderman
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    ACORN??? That ever so scary monster. You're really stretching that one out aren't you?

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  • Phool
    Phool Milwaukee, WI Posts: 84
    ledvedderman wrote:
    ACORN??? That ever so scary monster. You're really stretching that one out aren't you?

    http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter ... -stimulus/

    FIne you don't like my ACORN statement, how about in my neck of the woods they are going to build a commuter train right next to a brand new highway they currently are doing construction on...or how about this, the governent just had a summit on bed bugs.

    But really...this thread is about the Tea Party
  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528
    It is far from grassroots. It was started by right wing think tanks. It's not cathing on because it is such a huge farce.
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    Phool wrote:
    ledvedderman wrote:
    ACORN??? That ever so scary monster. You're really stretching that one out aren't you?

    http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter ... -stimulus/

    FIne you don't like my ACORN statement, how about in my neck of the woods they are going to build a commuter train right next to a brand new highway they currently are doing construction on...or how about this, the governent just had a summit on bed bugs.

    But really...this thread is about the Tea Party

    Sooooo....you don't think people should ride the train because it is built right next to a highway?

    The gov't always has summits on something stupid. This is nothing new.
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  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    Phool wrote:
    It gives clever people like you the ability to call them "teabagging"

    really....!!! sweet...I fully support the teabaggers if that's the case...

    I do wonder, don't these protesters have jobs...? I guess if they don't like America the way it is, they should just leave.... :lol:
  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    inmytree wrote:
    Phool wrote:
    It gives clever people like you the ability to call them "teabagging"

    really....!!! sweet...I fully support the teabaggers if that's the case...

    I do wonder, don't these protesters have jobs...? I guess if they don't like America the way it is, they should just leave.... :lol:

    I can't help but think of the awful things that were said to people who protested six years ago and didn't support the policies of the previous administration.

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  • pjfan021
    pjfan021 Posts: 684
    where were all these people when the bush administration was piling up debt? Just because Obama TALKS about rasing taxes on folks making more that 250,000 a year this automatically translates into the government taking money away from everyone...as far as i recall lowering the capital gains taxes for 8 years did shit and he in fact has just lowered taxes on many middle american families. And this was not just people getting together, This thing was pushed for by conservative think tanks and fox news to push their agenda. Yet Bush did everything right the past 8 years...please.
  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    I'm watching Fox News right now. This shit is RIDICULOUS. They're like a a bunch of children.

    All of it instigated by the web of corporate talk show hosts too. What are they up to?
  • Porchsitter
    Porchsitter Loganville, GA Posts: 1,092
    Another philosophy behind these events is the promotion of the Fair Tax, but that naturally gets looked over (and from a ratings standpoint, rightfully so) in favor of the more sensationalistic.
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  • WaveCameCrashin
    WaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    I guess you guys like paying more taxes why dont some of you do your research . they are pro testing for lower taxes and smaller govt, from the past 8 years until now and many are for the FAIR TAX. Which would get rid of the IRS and you would only be taxed on what you purchased .You think there were record turn outs for 08, just wait till 2010 :x
  • Lesbelges
    Lesbelges Posts: 434
    I don't know what the fair tax is, but from what it sounds, it means that people get taxed on what they purchase and not by the government which is good in theory. I just don't buy the theory that people's purchases would be proportional to their earnings....
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  • WaveCameCrashin
    WaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    edited April 2009
    Kenny O wrote:
    I'm watching Fox News right now. This shit is RIDICULOUS. They're like a a bunch of children.

    All of it instigated by the web of corporate talk show hosts too. What are they up to?


    Please tell me what's so ridiculous about wanting lower Taxes and smaller govt ? Liberals never cease to amaze me. All of you are always standing up for dissent and freedom of speech until it's something you disagree with :roll: Now thats what is ridiculous.
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  • WaveCameCrashin
    WaveCameCrashin Posts: 2,929
    Lesbelges wrote:
    I don't know what the fair tax is, but from what it sounds, it means that people get taxed on what they purchase and not by the government which is good in theory. I just don't buy the theory that people's purchases would be proportional to their earnings....

    Google fair tax/bortz it will do a much better job explaining it than I can.

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