T.E.A.

In the most recent news, many republicans have been protesting against Obama's stimulus plan through a reenactment of the Boston Tea Party. T.E.A. stands for Taxed Enough Already.

I have always had a problem with people who look down on taxes in general. People do not understand that without taxes, the general public could not benefit. I currently reside in Pennsylvania where they hardly tax anything, and the repercussions of it clearly shows. For instance, they take out about $50.00 out of our checks every January because the schools have no money....the city of Pittsburgh has run out of salt on many occasions and could not salt their streets during the harsh winters resulting in more car accidents.

These are things that most people take for granted because they do not understand that paying taxes is a way of giving back to the community. It is no different than tithing in church.

Even though I understand many people's frustration during this econmic crisis, a part of me cannot help but feel as though there is still a racial undertone behind this protest. If not a racial undertone, then it is very evident that Republicans are sore loosers. One cannot help but wonder where were the radical, creative protest when Bush was in office?

People are protesting a possible solution to the economy...but, they never protested its prevention. I cannot help but wonder if Hilary or another Democrat was elected into office, would citizens have organized the T.E.A. protest? Judging some of the picures of the protest, I say that the likelihood would have been small.

I have posted some pics below:



Maybe I'm over analyzing this, but I have a hard time wrapping my brain around how big government spending = slavery. Was this guy trying to find a way to relate to President Obama in hopes that he would see his point of view? Further, I think it's more than extreme to say that President Obama is attempting to take away our freedom by trying to promote change. Where were the protest against all the defense spending against the fake search for "weapons of mass destruction"?









My favorite pic by far..."Clinging to My God!, My Money!, My Guns!". All this says to me is "I'm really really upset that a black democrat won". They are making the outrageous claim that the new President and the new Washington is valueless and are theives. Futhermore, I fail to understand how God and Guns can be used in the same sentence with both things being looked at as good.