Taxes, Time for a Tea Party?

Happy tax day America! Isn’t it a good day for party? A few days ago, I received a phone call inviting me to a tea party and I promptly hung up the phone. I’m not that kind of girl! I’m sorry, I just don’t go around tea bagging strangers and honestly I don’t really trust where you have been the past eight years. I hear you were involved in some very dirty practices and there are rumors you are involved with torture. And I simply will not tea bag with anyone without a ring on my finger! I need to truly be in love with a tea bagger, before I even think of tea bagging. Okay, I had my fun and yes I know this is a grand tea bagger tea party on April 15th is very important to many people, but honestly you are giving many of us quite a good chuckle. (Look it up, please)

Now honestly, I am not going to condemn anyone’s right to protest but let’s be smart about this. First I must say if we are proud and patriotic, taxation comes with being an American. We are, as the constitution states taxed with representation, (Unless you live in Minnesota, then you only have half your representation). Whether our politicians serve us well is to be debated, but in order to live, work and thrive in the United States we must pay taxes. And if we believe in democracy as our founding fathers originated, then we must accept the terms and taxation. If not, I can only question your patriotism. Taxes of course are supposed to be for the good of the nation. If you do not want to be taxed, then say goodbye to education, the police force, the army, and hand over all your Medicare cards, because Medicare is American socialism. We have been going at it for years. And if you think free market corporations will serve us better, then I believe you to be quite naïve or a greedy CEO. Why do we give so freely to insurance companies and credit companies who just take, take and take but we refuse and protest to give to our government who serves the people?

Tea bagging protest party-what is it you folks are protesting? If you are protesting the government raising taxes let me set it straight. The increase of taxes is a 3% tax increase for the wealthiest 5% in the nation-this figure goes back to the Clinton years when many of today’s wealthy made the most money. So I say, big fricking whoop! Three percent does not make a protest. And secondly, you are currently protesting the Bush Administration tax policies, because Obama’s haven’t gone into effect yet.

If you are protesting the stimulus package and money to failing banks, just remember the economy started falling apart under President Bush and it was his administration that issued the first tarp money without restriction giving AIG the power to give “bonuses.” If you are protesting the budget and the deficit, please note it was the Bush administration that increased the deficit with over spending and even faked their budgets. (The actual cost of the Iraq war was not listed on Bush’s budgets). President Obama’s budget is high, because his budget includes the true cost for the war. (Again, look it up) So folks, what you are protesting are the remnants of the GOP Bush Administration. What you are truly protesting is sour grapes that your team is no longer in power. Boo, hoo, hoo. Do you need a crumbling cookie with your tea?

I do have to make another point of this tea bagging party and tossing tea into our harbors, lakes and rivers. It’s pollution. Stop muddying the nation’s waters with your salty, tea seeped tears.