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Politics This Republican On My TV Last Night...
Posted by Dan Savage on Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:01 AM
...kept telling me that this is the wrong time to raise taxes on the wealthy. No one asked him the obvious follow-up question: When's the right time?
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REVOLUTION IS BREWING...
Date: Friday, February 27, 2009
Time: 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Location: Westlake Park
"WHAT TO BRING: We are having a real tea party during lunch, so bring your lunch, a seat, a blanket; bring a cup of tea (or coffee, sshhh we won’t tell), a hat, an umbrella, your sense of fun and patriotism. Most importantly, bring a box of tea bags.
We will provide you with Little Liberty Tea Wrappers printed with messages to President Obama that you can sign. We will then collect all of the tea bags and send them on to Washington D.C. Also, if you can bring a pen and maybe a stapler…that would help."
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?sid=47…
Date: Friday, February 27, 2009
Time: 12:15pm - 1:15pm
Location: Westlake Park
"WHAT TO BRING: We are having a real tea party during lunch, so bring your lunch, a seat, a blanket; bring a cup of tea (or coffee, sshhh we won’t tell), a hat, an umbrella, your sense of fun and patriotism. Most importantly, bring a box of tea bags.
We will provide you with Little Liberty Tea Wrappers printed with messages to President Obama that you can sign. We will then collect all of the tea bags and send them on to Washington D.C. Also, if you can bring a pen and maybe a stapler…that would help."
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?sid=47…
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And which Republican was this? Or is Dan just referring to some generic all-purpose bash-ready Republican?
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#1, You know, this little tea-bagging thing everyone seems to be so fired up about would have been a lot more appropriate to the last President, not the current one. I am beginning to wonder if it isn't some sort of right-wing sponsored event.
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Obviously the right time to raise taxes on the wealthy is when the economy has recovered and Obama is up for re-election.
Then the Republicans can come right in and start the process again.
Then the Republicans can come right in and start the process again.
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@1 Wow, two confirmed guests. Sounds like one hell of a party. Have fun looking like ignorant assbags in public while you decry the straw man of socialism.
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"And which Republican was this? Or is Dan just referring to some generic all-purpose bash-ready Republican?
Find me any Republican who will answer that question, because whenever I hear someone say that, I ask them the question and all I get is a bunch of "Uh...."
Find me any Republican who will answer that question, because whenever I hear someone say that, I ask them the question and all I get is a bunch of "Uh...."
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1) how about in 2011? when the taxes will actually return to what they were 10 years past.
2) i demand that the next person who calls this "redistribution of wealth" have their house seized and then handed over to orphans. you know, make it a teachable moment.
2) i demand that the next person who calls this "redistribution of wealth" have their house seized and then handed over to orphans. you know, make it a teachable moment.
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It is ALWAYS time to raise taxes in the rich.
Trickle-up is a much better approach than trickle-down.
Trickle-up is a much better approach than trickle-down.
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Dan, if he had been asked, it would have just been the answer "never" followed by the rote propaganda of Trickle-Down "the Rich Folks need that money to create jobs" Reaganomic bullshit, despite that lie having been quite demonstrably proven wrong. Ya see, Republicans lie. Out loud.
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Dan, you're the only person I know who makes enough money to really feel the bite of this. If you're not complaining, I'm sure not.
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You're missing the point, Dan. "Now" is never the right time to raise taxes on the rich. Here's how it works:
1) Ask yourself, "Is it now?"
2) Answer "Yes, it is now"
3) It's the wrong time to raise taxes on the rich
4) Give the rich tax cuts
5) Profit!
If asked when the right time is, reply, "Not now. Perhaps in [now-1] we could have because times were better, and maybe in [now+1] we could after times get better again, but now is simply not the right time." Repeat ad nauseam.
1) Ask yourself, "Is it now?"
2) Answer "Yes, it is now"
3) It's the wrong time to raise taxes on the rich
4) Give the rich tax cuts
5) Profit!
If asked when the right time is, reply, "Not now. Perhaps in [now-1] we could have because times were better, and maybe in [now+1] we could after times get better again, but now is simply not the right time." Repeat ad nauseam.
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I love the fact that they are actually planning on drinking the tea, rather than exhibiting any real disobedience by trashing someone else's tea.
Goes to show just how distanced from the motivations for and the events surrounding the Boston Tea Party these people really are.
Goes to show just how distanced from the motivations for and the events surrounding the Boston Tea Party these people really are.
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Anyone can be a republican, it's easy. Every answer to every problem is "tax breaks." Anytime anything goes wrong, blame it on "liberals"
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some generic republicans are complaining that this is class warfare. my response is that class warfare has been going on since Reagan, the Dems are finally now entering the fray. it is long overdue.
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I walked by the tea-bag party in front of the White House about 90 minutes ago. Sadly, I saw no one dressed up in any Paultardesque costumes. Joe the Plumber, however, was there, surrounded by cameras.
The more I think about it, the less justifiable the American Revolution seems. Pay the damn tea tax, already.
The more I think about it, the less justifiable the American Revolution seems. Pay the damn tea tax, already.
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This isn't class warfare. This is barely even class skirmishes. But if the dichotomy between the incomes of the rich and the poor continues to grow exponentially, then wealth might get redistributed in a far less peaceful manner. Consider it a pre-emptive anti-guillotine payment.
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The first rule of Republican Socialist Fight Club is that it's never a good time to raise taxes on the rich.
The second rule of Republican Socialist Fight Club is tax dollars from Americans should always be sent overseas, instead of invested in America.
The third rule of Republican Socialist Fight Club is welfare is bad, unless it's for business and CEOs.
The fourth rule of Republican Socialist Fight Club is WE NEED MORE TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH!
The second rule of Republican Socialist Fight Club is tax dollars from Americans should always be sent overseas, instead of invested in America.
The third rule of Republican Socialist Fight Club is welfare is bad, unless it's for business and CEOs.
The fourth rule of Republican Socialist Fight Club is WE NEED MORE TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH!
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Go ahead and revolt, you rich crybaby dipshits. You'll immediately get your ass handed to you by the other 95% of the country who thinks you ought to have to contribute a little more to the country that enables you to live a godlike existence. Fucking whiny assholes. Maybe you should shut up and be glad it's not much much worse. If the general population ever grows a set and looks seriously at what you're up to, you're going to think these days were a tea party, indeed. Who the fuck do you think you are?
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There is a whole lot more than 5% who support the no tax crowd.
And if it is settled in the streets don't look for the gun control crowd to survive.
Bring it on.
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There is a whole lot more than 5% who support the no tax crowd.
And if it is settled in the streets don't look for the gun control crowd to survive.
Bring it on.
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@26 - Honey, if you think only the no-tax teabaggers are armed and pissed off, you are sadly mistaken.
Ready the tumbrils!
Ready the tumbrils!
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