# I'm not sure why, but the "Tea Party" Tax Protests really rub me the wrong way. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 15, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149 "2009-04-15T05:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/101 "2009-04-15T20:18:17Z")
> [@furt](#): > > 1. Obama’s deficits are 2,3, or 4 times larger than any Bush ever ran… The right has so damaged its credibility these past 8 years that I’ll only believe numbers like that AFTER they actually happen. And if by some chance they actually do happen, we can just crank up the death tax to pay for it all. ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/102 "2009-04-15T20:18:20Z")
> [@furt](#): > > 1. Obama’s deficits are 2,3, or 4 times larger than any Bush ever ran. Perhaps some think -400 billion is okay, but -1600 billion is not; or, like myself, they think that fiscally Bush was bad, and Obama is worse. And some of us think that you are struggling to attain the intellectual capacity of the fuzz growing on the inside of my refrigerator. How did Bush’s spending benefit the average citizen of the United States vs. Obama’s spending? ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/103 "2009-04-15T20:26:43Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > The original Boston Tea Party participants chose Native Americans because such a disguise worked well in that era. > > Today, they would choose to disguise themselves as cops and construction workers. I guess a few teabaggers could dress as a Native American for old-times’ sake. And at least some of them need to dress as soldiers and Leather biker boys. Perhaps they should also sing protest songs about being in the Navy or the benefits of staing at good, wholesome Christian organizations such as say…the Young Mens Christian Association. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/104 "2009-04-15T20:58:06Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > The original Boston Tea Party participants chose Native Americans because such a disguise worked well in that era. > > Today, they would choose to disguise themselves as cops and construction workers. Or [pseudo-plumbers.](http://www.detnews.com/article/20090331/POLITICS02/903310417/1361/Joe+the+Plumber+to+speak+at+Michigan+Taxpayer+Tea+Party) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/105 "2009-04-15T21:00:20Z")
You know, it takes a village, people. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/106 "2009-04-15T21:07:34Z")
_golf clap_ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/107 "2009-04-15T21:29:11Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > I suppose that depends on whether the “other side” is Lonesome Polecat, in particular. IIRC, didn’t he at one point complain that white people are dying out? (I tried searching for it, but sadly, the search function seems to be fucking up AGAIN :mad:) ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/108 "2009-04-15T22:04:34Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > The right has so damaged its credibility these past 8 years that I’ll only believe numbers like that AFTER they actually happen. Dude, those are _Obama’s_ projections. [Cite.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2009/03/21/GR2009032100104.html) > [@](#): > > And if by some chance they actually do happen, we can just crank up the death tax to pay for it all. Ah, well. Who needs family businesses? > [@XWalrus2](#): > > And some of us think that you are struggling to attain the intellectual capacity of the fuzz growing on the inside of my refrigerator. Dude, if you’re gonna go ad hominem, make it a good one. > [@](#): > > How did Bush’s spending benefit the average citizen of the United States vs. Obama’s spending? Most of it didn’t, which is why I was opposed to it. Most of Obama’s won’t, either, which is why I oppose it also. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/109 "2009-04-15T22:23:44Z")
And did you ever think you’d hear Anderson Cooper [admit this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I64Ed5iLu4M)? (Skip to 0:47 if you want to get straight to the money-shot.) ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/110 "2009-04-15T22:31:19Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Dude, those are _Obama’s_ projections. That’s OK, the Clinton surplus disappeared too. As I said, if the numbers turn into reality we can always raise the death tax, maybe create a few other progressive taxes. That’ll balance things out. ---
**Author:** ![furt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/439d5e/32.png) [@furt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furt)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/111 "2009-04-15T22:38:13Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > That’s OK, the Clinton surplus disappeared too. Uh-huh. And making a deficit disappear is just as easy as making a surplus go away, right? > [@](#): > > As I said, if the numbers turn into reality we can always raise the death tax, maybe create a few other progressive taxes. > That’ll balance things out. Shit yeah. Go back to the tax rates we had in the 70s. That worked so well. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/112 "2009-04-15T22:39:44Z")
[Wow](http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/4/15/720520/-Fox-News-Inspired-Teabagger) (Teabagger holding a sign saying: The American Taxpayers are the Jews for Obama’s Ovens) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/113 "2009-04-15T22:47:01Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > (Teabagger holding a sign saying: The American Taxpayers are the Jews for Obama’s Ovens) Goddamn it, who blabbed? That was supposed to be a surprise!! ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/114 "2009-04-15T22:54:48Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Goddamn it, who blabbed? That was supposed to be a surprise!! They told me we were making cookies! -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/115 "2009-04-15T23:01:07Z")
Doesn’t that sign look blatantly Photoshopped? Look at the edges around all the text. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/116 "2009-04-15T23:04:39Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Ah, well. Who needs family businesses? No increase in the inheritance tax seriously proposed in the past decade would threaten family businesses. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/117 "2009-04-15T23:05:24Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Shit yeah. Go back to the tax rates we had in the 70s. That worked so well. Well, we didn’t rack up the deficits of the Reagan and Bush years _until_ the Reagan and Bush years, did we now? ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/118 "2009-04-15T23:06:31Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Doesn’t that sign look blatantly Photoshopped? Look at the edges around all the text. High contrast edges lead to lots of compression artifacts…not much to conceal them on the white background of that sign. ---
**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/119 "2009-04-15T23:07:24Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > [Wow](http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/4/15/720520/-Fox-News-Inspired-Teabagger) > > (Teabagger holding a sign saying: The American Taxpayers are the Jews for Obama’s Ovens) I believe that is the same guy in the first 30 seconds of this [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMxKMr2wnhk). As an aside, this CNN reporter is an idiot, don’t BE the friggin’ news. ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2009, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149/120 "2009-04-15T23:11:27Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Dude, if you’re gonna go ad hominem, make it a good one. > > Most of it didn’t, which is why I was opposed to it. Most of Obama’s won’t, either, which is why I oppose it also. You obviously haven’t seen the crap growing in my refrigerator. [Here’s a spending breakdown in the stimulus package.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2009/02/01/GR2009020100154.html) Point me towards the spending that doesn’t benefit Joe Citizen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-sure-why-but-the-tea-party-tax-protests-really-rub-me-the-wrong-way/493149.md?page=7)