I can't believe the bald-faced lies I hear coming out of the mouths of these Tea Party brown shirts (Nazi reference). Just as Adolf Hitler, with a straight face no less, said his invasion of Poland in 1939 was in self defense after a series of German-staged "incidents", Rafael Cruz & Co. are saying they are shutting down the government in order to de-fund Obamacare and "make a down-payment on fiscal discipline and reform".
Well gag a maggot! Let's just call 'em what they really are: Class Warfare Storm Troopers.
If they're so hell-bent on cutting spending, why didn't they just jump on the Simpson / Bowles bandwagon?
[Simpson / Bowles was a true bi-partisan committee....technically the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform....appointed in 2010 to "achieve fiscal sustainability over the long run". Its recommendations were severe yet fair to all, meaning everyone took a serious haircut. Rich, poor, entitlements, homeowners, business subsidies, labor unions, The 1%....everyone would have to give up something.]
The Tea Party couldn't run from it fast enough!
"What? No subsidies for Big Oil, Big Banks, Big Ag, no tax loopholes, no special deductions, tax increases, a hit on capital gains? BLASPHEMY!"
"What? No subsidies for Big Oil, Big Banks, Big Ag, no tax loopholes, no special deductions, tax increases, a hit on capital gains? BLASPHEMY!"
Truth is, The Tea Party wants to cut spending for everyone except their own.
In fairness, the ultra-left wants to protect their labor union buddies, welfarians, minorities, entitlements, etc, while cutting everything near and dear to the wealthy. (There can't be a Class War with just one combatant.)
But back to the problem at hand: there are soundbites all over TV showing Tea Party candidates campaigning in the last election promising to "shut down the government". They said it out loud, and there is video to prove it. There is absolutely no way in hell they can honestly say this current mess is the fault of the Democrats. They picked their fight and got their wish.
And when the economy stumbles, when / if our nation's credit takes another downgrade, when / if we default on paying our bills, when / if interest rates rise, those soundbites are going to come back to haunt them.
Americans always love to pin blame on someone when things go bad, and the Tea Party will be a sitting duck....it's their mess. And then maybe....just maybe....rational Democrats and Republicans can get back to work on The People's Business.
Show some spine, Republicans, and give the Tea Party hijackers the boot. I only pray Rafael "Ted" Cruz' 15 minutes of fame is about over. Let him go stand in the corner with the ghost of Joseph McCarthy.
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