Teabagging Parties....
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all people should support these protests..................it ensures that you will be able to protest, as well.live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.0
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evenflow wrote:
From the people that I've talked to who went to the one here, their major concern is the 2-ton elephant in the corner that is government spending. Yes, we as a country did go into a deficit under G.W., but if all of the trillions of dollars that obama is trying to push through as "bailouts" goes through he will have put us 8 times deeper debt in 100 or so days in office than Bush did in his entire 8 years! And where is all this magic money coming from? Taxes of course, but somehow Obama's lowering them. It doesn't add up at all. Not to mention, all of these bailouts have done nothing to help the situation. Every time one is announced, it seems to drive the economy lower. Why, you ask? Because the financial experts (the people who really understand how the economy works) know that each time one is proposed it just brings us a step closer to complete financial ruin.
um...who pushed for the 700 billion dollar bailout in Sept 08....?
and please tell me what Obama and his administration should have done in the past three months to erase the last 8 years....? I'd love to hear an alternative solution outside of the vague statement "cut taxes"...I really would...
and were you a teabagger, teabagee or both....?
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Phool wrote: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.
great post!
i was part of a tea party here in st. louis and it was made clear that it wasnt about bush or obama but it was about the wasteful spending by both parties...i mean obama is off to a record start right now with spending and we are fed up with it all...time to speak up and rise up and show are disdain for the corruption0 -
pjalive21 wrote:Phool wrote: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.
great post!
i was part of a tea party here in st. louis and it was made clear that it wasnt about bush or obama but it was about the wasteful spending by both parties...i mean obama is off to a record start right now with spending and we are fed up with it all...time to speak up and rise up and show are disdain for the corruption
ok...what's your solution...? stopping "wasteful spending" is a wee bit broad...
seriously, I hear "stop spending, my kids are going to have to pay for it", but then I hear crickets...I do have to wonder, why so worried about the "kids"....? can't they pull themselves up by their bootstraps...?
questions:
Who is the largest employer in the United States?
And if that the largest employer in the United States were to cut jobs, would that help or hurt the economy...?0 -
inmytree wrote:pjalive21 wrote:Phool wrote: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.
great post!
i was part of a tea party here in st. louis and it was made clear that it wasnt about bush or obama but it was about the wasteful spending by both parties...i mean obama is off to a record start right now with spending and we are fed up with it all...time to speak up and rise up and show are disdain for the corruption
ok...what's your solution...? stopping "wasteful spending" is a wee bit broad...
seriously, I hear "stop spending, my kids are going to have to pay for it", but then I hear crickets...I do have to wonder, why so worried about the "kids"....? can't they pull themselves up by their bootstraps...?
questions:
Who is the largest employer in the United States?
And if that the largest employer in the United States were to cut jobs, would that help or hurt the economy...?
The government is the largest employer-- and there is room to shrink quite a bit, yet keep that status, and still bring us prosperity. I understand where you're going, and you make a great point. I would do it this way:
Start by bringing the soldiers home from all of our bases everywhere, while selling the bases off. End the wars, and all of the insane spending they've created.
Systematically phase out every federal department that exists in every state as well as the federal government, such as the Dept. of Education, Transportation, Agriculture, etc...
Legalize industrial hemp, and lift all federal restrictions on drugs, and leave it up to the states on which ones remain legal.
Stop giving tax breaks to companies that ship work overseas immediately.
Do all of this over a reasonable time table, factor in the extra money that has been already allocated for unemployment, and I think we will be just fine.0 -
why in the hell would you buy 1 million teabags to protest wasteful government spending? ????????
"We have a million tea bags here, and we don't have a place to put them because it's not on our permit," said Rebecca Wales, lead organizer of D.C. Tea Party.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local ... -Dump.html0 -
bomb iraq? sure
bomb afghanistan? sure
build a public transit system? oh hell no.Post edited by Commy on0 -
Commy wrote:why in the hell would you buy 1 million teabags to protest wasteful government spending? ????????
"We have a million tea bags here, and we don't have a place to put them because it's not on our permit," said Rebecca Wales, lead organizer of D.C. Tea Party.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local ... -Dump.html
yeah, i thought that was funny too. john stewart said something like: "are they protesting irony?"0 -
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lol. nice.Smellyman wrote:0 -
CJMST3K wrote:deadmosquito wrote:can anyone explain what exactly it is? why teabags? i don't get it.
history. ...boston tea party.
well i figured as much, however most of us are not being taxed without representation these days, so i figured it was for a different purpose really.0 -
inmytree wrote:ok...what's your solution...? stopping "wasteful spending" is a wee bit broad...
seriously, I hear "stop spending, my kids are going to have to pay for it", but then I hear crickets...I do have to wonder, why so worried about the "kids"....? can't they pull themselves up by their bootstraps...?
questions:
Who is the largest employer in the United States?
And if that the largest employer in the United States were to cut jobs, would that help or hurt the economy...?
It will be hard for these kids to pull themselves up by the bootstraps when the government is standing on there neck...
You want a solution, lower taxes by decreasing government spending and put a tax freeze on all spending by the government ....do you like paying taxes Mr. Tree? Do you enjoy seeing that great FICA dollar amount on your pay check just over top that nice State tax? That dollar amount is going to keep increasing and your take home will continue to be less. How will anyone stimulate the economy then? I think it just amazing I have to argue with someone over them wanting to pay more in taxes….it just blows my mind
Sure, Obama had the largest tax cut in our nation’s history, thanks for the extra $30 Barak, I will be sure to save it for a rainy day, no wait, I can’t, the WI Governor is raising my property taxes again...So Barak cut taxes but he also has increased spending more then anyone ever has in our history....where is the money going to come from to pay for all of these purchases?????
So let me ask you this....what is YOUR solution? Sit back and let the government do whatever they want? I sure hope it is not saying teabagging because really…your buddy Rachel Maddow and his freinds stole your thunder long before you said it on this bored
As for the government being the largest employer, Government was not intended to be an employment agency, it was intended to help the helpless (people who can't help themselves) not help the clueless (people who won't help themselves and expect everything to be given to them)[/quote][/quote]
And then you tell me that if I do not like it I should just leave.....where should I go, Canada or Europe0 -
VINNY GOOMBA wrote:
The government is the largest employer-- and there is room to shrink quite a bit, yet keep that status, and still bring us prosperity. I understand where you're going, and you make a great point. I would do it this way:
Start by bringing the soldiers home from all of our bases everywhere, while selling the bases off. End the wars, and all of the insane spending they've created.
Systematically phase out every federal department that exists in every state as well as the federal government, such as the Dept. of Education, Transportation, Agriculture, etc...
Legalize industrial hemp, and lift all federal restrictions on drugs, and leave it up to the states on which ones remain legal.
Stop giving tax breaks to companies that ship work overseas immediately.
Do all of this over a reasonable time table, factor in the extra money that has been already allocated for unemployment, and I think we will be just fine.
makes sense to me, vinnie...thanks for he well thought out response....0 -
Phool wrote:inmytree wrote:ok...what's your solution...? stopping "wasteful spending" is a wee bit broad...
seriously, I hear "stop spending, my kids are going to have to pay for it", but then I hear crickets...I do have to wonder, why so worried about the "kids"....? can't they pull themselves up by their bootstraps...?
questions:
Who is the largest employer in the United States?
And if that the largest employer in the United States were to cut jobs, would that help or hurt the economy...?
It will be hard for these kids to pull themselves up by the bootstraps when the government is standing on there neck...
You want a solution, lower taxes by decreasing government spending and put a tax freeze on all spending by the government ....do you like paying taxes Mr. Tree? Do you enjoy seeing that great FICA dollar amount on your pay check just over top that nice State tax? That dollar amount is going to keep increasing and your take home will continue to be less. How will anyone stimulate the economy then? I think it just amazing I have to argue with someone over them wanting to pay more in taxes….it just blows my mind
Sure, Obama had the largest tax cut in our nation’s history, thanks for the extra $30 Barak, I will be sure to save it for a rainy day, no wait, I can’t, the WI Governor is raising my property taxes again...So Barak cut taxes but he also has increased spending more then anyone ever has in our history....where is the money going to come from to pay for all of these purchases?????
So let me ask you this....what is YOUR solution? Sit back and let the government do whatever they want? I sure hope it is not saying teabagging because really…your buddy Rachel Maddow and his freinds stole your thunder long before you said it on this bored
As for the government being the largest employer, Government was not intended to be an employment agency, it was intended to help the helpless (people who can't help themselves) not help the clueless (people who won't help themselves and expect everything to be given to them)
And then you tell me that if I do not like it I should just leave.....where should I go, Canada or Europe
A) it's funny the pro-bootstrap folks have excuses why they can't pull themselves up...
While I'm not a big fan of taxes, I understand they are a necessary evil...how else would we pay for roads, police and fire departments, military, social safety nets, and schools...? please don't assume I love taxes, but do know I'm not blind to the fact they are necessary...
C) board
D) help the helpless vs. help the clueless... :? um, ok...nice catchphrase. I guess you're one of those privatize everything sort of folks...well, sadly that doesn't always work...in NC they attempted to do that with the Mental Health System....the result...the helpless get no help...
when basic monetary regulations were removed...it only took a few years to bring us were we are today...
My solution...work toward a happy medium between Gov't and Business...regulation is a must because business can't be trusted...we already have a checks and balance system in place for the Gov't, it's called voting...that's worked fairly well for a while...
as for where you should go...I say find a country the has not taxes or gov't....I hear Somalia is a free-for-all sort of place...
finally, I know it's hard to swallow, but teabagging jokes never ever get old... 0 -
inmytree wrote:What's the point of these parties...?
I think it's supposed to be "tear" not "tea". Because all these gatherings are nothing more than a bunch of conservatives whining over the fact that they lost the election.
The party of irrelevance cannot even muster the numbers Obama had during his campaign speeches.
Why are these things even newsworthy?
Total attendance is less than 1% of the total population. No one cares except for whiny conservatives and Republicans.
Not only are they barely a blimp on the radar but the message coming out of these things is all over the place. Conservatives and Republicans can't even define their message for one day. How do they plan on winning future elections? A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'
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You want a solution, lower taxes by decreasing government spending and put a tax freeze on all spending by the government ....do you like paying taxes Mr. Tree? Do you enjoy seeing that great FICA dollar amount on your pay check just over top that nice State tax? That dollar amount is going to keep increasing and your take home will continue to be less. How will anyone stimulate the economy then? I think it just amazing I have to argue with someone over them wanting to pay more in taxes….it just blows my mind
Sure, Obama had the largest tax cut in our nation’s history, thanks for the extra $30 Barak, I will be sure to save it for a rainy day, no wait, I can’t, the WI Governor is raising my property taxes again...So Barak cut taxes but he also has increased spending more then anyone ever has in our history....where is the money going to come from to pay for all of these purchases?????
And then you tell me that if I do not like it I should just leave.....where should I go, Canada or Europe
You may not like that extra $30 in your check but that is an extra $360 a year. That might be pocket change to you but every little bit helps. I do not agree with everything the current administration and congress have done for example some of the bailouts, but its a plan. The Republicans have offered nothing except their same old rhetoric that got into this mess. Look at the spending as an investment. Hopefully it will help to create jobs and which will in turn put more tax revenue in the pot to help pay down this debt. For once lets try trickle up econ because as we all know trickle down does not work.A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'
Barack Obama0 -
Smellyman wrote:
hahaha, that guy is rad. took some guts to do that.0 -
sweet adeline wrote:Smellyman wrote:
hahaha, that guy is rad. took some guts to do that.
Listen to the boos this guy got... and someone in this thread was trying to tell us this was a non-partisan thing.0 -
soulsinging wrote:sweet adeline wrote:Smellyman wrote:
hahaha, that guy is rad. took some guts to do that.
Listen to the boos this guy got... and someone in this thread was trying to tell us this was a non-partisan thing.
the reason this tool got boo's is because he WAS being partisan...it was obvious all the blame of course just like everything in this world is on Bush...what this guy failed to realize that the Dems controlled the house and senate the two years the bubble was builiding and did nothing as well
the parties werent about Reps and Dems it was about voices being heard to shrink an blown up governement that is just going to keep getting bigger and bigger...it started with Bush and its continuing with Obama
i spoke to quite a few people who voted for obama and are feeling sheepish about it now as well as people who voted for bush during his 8 years
i just love the people on this board who want to squash anything that doesnt involve bush hate speech but when it comes to obama and dems, uh oh, watch out they can do no wrong0 -
It's not about Obama "doing no wrong", it's the fact that he isn't even through the first 100 days. Give his policies some time to actually take shape, and then if they don't work out go ahead and have your little parties. Granted, many of these people truly don't like taxes, but a good chunk of the protesters there were just not happy with Obama. Like I said before...the guy hasn't even been in office 100 days0
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