Posted on 04/19/2009 3:08:04 PM PDT by redhotright
Axelrod thinks that the Tea Parties are misdirecting their anger. His arguments are so weak that he's got to be making this stuff up - a bit like Biden does.
First of all, he is still desperately clinging to the delusional lie that 95% of Americans got tax cuts. 95% of Americans got no such thing! They may be getting a lower standard withholding, but in the long run they're paying more taxes. All Americans are. There's no way that the "richest" 5% of Americans will be able to foot the bill for this huge spending spree that the government has gone on. So, all Americans are having their taxes increased. Maybe in subtle ways, but taxes are going up, in spite of what Axelrod is smoking.
Second, the PAYING of taxes isn't the only issue here - people are also protesting government SPENDING. The issue that people are getting so worked up about is the irresponsible government spending that forces the government to raise taxes. This is critical. Until Axelrod understands this point, anything he has to say on the issue is total rubbish. Trillions of dollars in wasteful government spending is a big deal and people have every right to get upset at the government over this.
And third, as for the "unhealthy" comment, maybe Axelrod can explain exactly how "healthy" he thinks it is that the government increases spending at exactly the time when they should be decreasing spending. For the government, and especially Obama, to be so recklessly throwing money around - that is truly unhealthy. Now it's true that any time the government spends in an irresponsible manner, it is unhealthy. But when the government increases spending to out-of-control proportions and then uses that spending on wasteful programs and to pay off their political support - that is beyond unhealthy - it's fatal to the economy.
Therefore, the Tea Parties are doing exactly what they should be doing - letting the government know that We, the People are unhappy with how the criminals in Congress and the White House are trashing our country.
And if there's anything unhealthy going on, it's that Axelrod has been infected by the Pathologicus Liarus Bideni virus.
That’s funny, I thought ZERO ddin’t know about the tea party.
I guess he missed ZERO’s lies about Bush and how unhealthy that was.
I re-increased my witholding to compensate.
Yes, so did I.
I’m off setting it by raising 401K contributions to offset it... Over 50 now and I can throw in 25% plus $5,000 in makeup...
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