Tax Tea Parties... Do they mean anything?

Quote from Ticketwatcher:

The rallies are a populist movement.

The Gubmint as represented by the Bush Administration was as elitist as one could imagine, until Barry's Administration took power that is.

Newt Gingrich, the Republicans, and the Contract with America got way too much credit for the 1994 election which kicked the likes of Speaker Foley, Jack Brooks, and Danny Rostenkowski out on the street. It was NOT a Republican victory as much as POPULIST ANGER kicking INCUMBENT ELITIST ASS out of office.

As clueless as those Republican boys and girls are, the Republicans are going to benefit big time in the 2010 off year election.

The tea parties will affect no change in this elitist Gubmint.

The tea parties only serve notice that there will be anger at the polls in 2010, and ANY incumbent will be its object.
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Political Science major (like me) or just strongly-opinionated?

In my opinion, the Republicans are too divided as a party.. separate the social conservatives from the fiscal conservatives. Market has gotten stronger since Obama has been in office too.

Very important message:

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Quote from Lucrum:

I'm guessing not at first.

The current administration and congress will try to dismiss the protesters as long as they think they can get away with it. And right now, so far they can get away with ignoring it.

Personally I think it will take much bigger crowds and have to become a nearly continuous protest. One day a year isn't go to do much I'm afraid.
(I support the movement) IOW the protest will have to become so big, widespread and in the news every day,
that the politicians simply couldn't ignore it. They need to be afraid. Afraid of losing their jobs, power and pensions, or better yet - their lives.

Footage shown on the evening news of Pelosi, Dodd and Frank hanging by the neck from the flag pole on the white house lawn would certainly get their attention.
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You got. I watched Glenn Beck tonight from the Alamo in friggin Texas, and I was really expecting that the crowd would be a lot bigger. The one day turnout in most places was not all that high, a few thousand, and the biggest problem is that it's only one day.
If a few thousand people showed up at all these places every day and started tearing shit up like they do in France, then people would pay attention...but for now they aint gonna.

Brandon
 
Quote from vhehn:

frigging idiots for the most part. i saw one demonstration where a bunch old old farts were holding up signs complaining about government spending. they all looked old enough to be on medicare which is the biggest budget buster.

my mother in law only paid in a few thousand to medicare in her lifetime. in her last year of life she spent hundreds of thousands of medicare money.
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I guess you would prefer it the way it used to be...you pay for your mother-in-law's needs. Evidently it didn't occur to you. LOL.

I don't know what the solution is. But the elderly have reached a time in their lives when it is difficult to do for themselves, particularly if they have medical issues. What do you want to do? Cut them off?

OldTrader
 
Quote from runningman:

The anti-war protests drew 10 times the amount of people and were generally scoffed at by the MSM. I doubt most of these clowns, most of whom thought it was a gun rally, actually pay taxes. Most if not all small businessmen, how shall we say it, are very creative on their taxes. I doubt any of the people I saw interviewed have the mental horsepower to generate any kind of capital gain to be taxed. Most Americans have very little understanding of the tax code in the first place.
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Absolutely false. I am close friends with a few guys who are small business owners, and participated in the St Paul rally, and would bury most people intellectually.

Unfortunately, your statement is an example of how these rallies are portrayed in general media. So I agree it wasn't taken very seriously nationwide.

I agree with the fact that most people don't have a clue, but those are the people who just usually don't give a shit either way.
 
Quote from OldTrader:

I guess you would prefer it the way it used to be...you pay for your mother-in-law's needs. Evidently it didn't occur to you. LOL.

I don't know what the solution is. But the elderly have reached a time in their lives when it is difficult to do for themselves, particularly if they have medical issues. What do you want to do? Cut them off?

OldTrader
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It wasn't the money it was having to put up with her longer lol. J/K
 
Quote from Ticketwatcher:

"... As clueless as those Republican boys and girls are, the Republicans are going to benefit big time in the 2010 off year election.

The tea parties will affect no change in this elitist Gubmint.

The tea parties only serve notice that there will be anger at the polls in 2010, and ANY incumbent will be its object.
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We Americans are famous for (1) having a short memory, and (2) dogged loyalty to our political party.

At the '08, election, CONgress' disaproval rate was 86%... yet 95% of incumbents were sent back to Washington... I don't get that... :mad:
 
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