01-23-2017, 03:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-23-2017, 03:53 PM by Eric the Green.)
(01-23-2017, 12:50 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(01-20-2017, 08:28 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:I don't blame them understanding that their view of the progressives is similar to mine. Progressives are known to be very generous with their promises and the spending of other peoples money on social programs that most taxpayers aren't entitled to receive themselves.(01-20-2017, 04:54 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(01-20-2017, 04:05 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: The Tea Party is a motley crew of old Boomers and Silents who make plenty of money but still don't want to pay any taxes. They have turned the Republican Party into the most cruel and ruthless creeps this nation has seen since the days of Dixie and Jim Crow. They are the total opposite of a workers' movement.I suspect that they've paid/been paying their taxes like everyone else is supposed to be doing.
Yes, America needs a real labor movement! And it would run Andrew Pudzer and his like out of town on a rail, and would not be fooled by a Lumpy Chump Grump who promises to make America great and then appoints mugwumps like Pudzer.
I don't know how many of them are tax evaders. But they are tax complainers, and they think somehow that lowering taxes is the only issue they should care about. They are the most narrow-minded, fanatical dufuses in the world. Remember what TEA stands for: Taxed Enough Already. I didn't make that up; THEY did. They are just about lowering taxes, and many of them dance to the racial dog whistle that this issues sounds in many deceived minds.
These are programs that all taxpayers are entitled to receive themselves, should it be needed. That's the point; it's social insurance for everyone. The slogan "other peoples' money" is the prime deceit; it's our money, and our government. Conservatives and liberals both have a voice in how much is spent, and for what, at least to an extent. Of course, with social security and medicare, all taxpayers receive the benefits that they have paid for.
Of course, I should note that Trump and conservatives want to further take away our voice in government, and tamp it down, by allowing big money to influence politics.