Some thoughts: These people don't seem to understand that the taxes they were protesting this tax day were were for 2008, when George W. Bush was president and set the budget and the tax rates (with congressional rubber-stamp approval). On April 15, 2010, they'll be filing their first "Obama" taxes, and all but a couple of them will be paying less taxes than this year, thanks to Obama having presented us with the biggest middle class tax reduction in the history of America. Commenter "mattstan" on the N-G website said it very well: "We obviously need to increase taxes. This 'movement' is pretty stark evidence of our failing education system."
But my favorite comment of the day was made by a reader who signs himself "BillD":
I have no problem protesting the way taxes are spent. I do have a problem with the way these protests are being organized and characterized. These "tea parties" are being pushed by partisan interest groups and sold through FoxNews and talk radio. The whole thing about "taxing those who make it to give to those who don't" is a load of crap. Most of our tax dollars go to corporate welfare and bailing out bigshots. Money is being sucked out of this country from the top. Check out the "L-curve" if you don't believe that. The only thing working in this country is the "divide and conquer" strategy employed by the left vs. right crowd. The sooner we all get on the same page, the better. I just don't know when the News Gazette is going to get on the side of people and off the side of moneyed interests.
Good question, Bill. No, the demonstration was not about taxes, although that was their proffered excuse. What it was was an opportunity to bash Obama. I love the way the corporations manipulate the least educated, most poorly informed members of the working class to do their dirty work for them!
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