I not sure people understand that the tea party rallies were not all about higher taxes, but more about responsible use of our money. The majority of the media and left-wing pundits would like the average person who is not engaged in politics to think everyone at the rallies were nut cases who are ignorant or morons for expressing their right for a government that works for the people. Those people were not all greedy people who want to keep every cent they earned all to themselves. They are reasonable people who would like the money they send to the federal government to be spent responsibly. They are not against the poor. I bet there were many out there that live pay check to pay check in those crowds, but they don’t like the course that had been set by the last and current leaders of the country.
The majority of them support the idea that taxes are needed to support public education, and to subside those who are on the lower tier of income with food stamps and health care. They understand that taxes are needed to support our infrastructure of roads, rails, bridges and other transportation hubs. They understand that taxes are needed to support our military and law enforcement to defend against those who would like to topple more of our skyscrapers. They understand that taxes support research in the sciences, to improve our health sciences, to make our everyday lives better, and another fields of research.
But what has failed is that government is all of sudden supporting those who had been irresponsible, from large multi-national industries to the person who lived beyond their own means. It’s terrible that people are losing their homes to foreclosure because of bad loaning policies, but not everyone can afford a new 3-4 bedroom home. Common sense would dictate that you start off with something smaller and upgrade as you can afford it. It’s terrible that businesses are forced to close, and people have to lose their jobs. Life is not easy.
Lots of other people and business have been responsible, but why do they have to pay the mortgage for the neighbor that could never afford the house in the first place or those loans of those who have been irresponsible in business? I think if it was not for the election last year, there would not have been this panic and rush to sign these insane stimulus bills so politicians can show they care. Most did not even read the bill either, before voting for it or signing it. Our economy would have corrected by itself, and failed businesses would have been allowed to fall, but from the ashes other businesses would have rose and new jobs created, but I am afraid that is going to take a lot longer now.
Before someone thinks I am some out of touch capitalist, I would like to point out I am a poor capitalist. I drive a hand-me down SUV that is 10 years old with over 300,000 miles on it. I am a cheap bastard. I shop at ALDI because I get the most for my money. It’s because I never had a lot of money, but I have been lucky. My brother owns a sport fishing charter company, but he is poor because all the money he makes goes back to pay his expenses to operate the boat and business. He has come several times to going out of business, because of boat break downs, and bad luck. After 3 years, he is now finally starting to break even. (Dude he still owes me wages from when I was there, but hey what is family for? I have to go to Hawaii and collect. )