The tea party organizers in Boston, where the whole thing started back in 1773, expect 2,000-5,000 protesters tomorrow.
If that doesn't sound like a lot, maybe here's why:
Massachusetts is getting more than a billion dollars in gift money from Washington just to balance the budget.That’s $3 billion for Medicaid expenses, $438 million for fixing and building highways in the state of Massachusetts, $135 million to have clean water, $320 million for mass transit, $209 million for "poor students", another $209 million for food stamps, and a $19 million relief fund for laid off workers.
Not to mention all those earmarks from the budget bill.
California, Georgia, Texas, New York and other hotbeds of tea party protests are also, of course, getting their billions and billions of federal dollars from the stimulus and from Obama's budget.
Should the tea party protesters tell their politicians to reject all this federal help? Give it back!!!!
Shelly Roche from breakthematrix.com is a tea party supporter.She joined me today for The Diamond District
Give me a break, The tax tea parties were not a whiny bunch of Republicans. Both voters of both parties are upset over the fact that congress can't control spending. The grassroots effort was not attached to FoxNews nor Foxbusiness for that matter. Such stupid jounarlism from CNN and MSNBC is what cost them in rating. The biggest mistake for MSNBC is they attacked the normal folk. The hardworking American.
Journalist should inform the public not attack it.
April 21, 2009 at 2:00 pm
CJJ
Hey Chuck. Let's talk about the TARP. The US Taxpayer is getting dividend payments from banks on this money. Billions already, billions every year. Where are these reports.
So by repealing the dump tarp that is keeping millions of people in jobs and the economy from collapsing, you would be losing out on $700 billion that will be repaid. Probably $25-100 billion in dividend payments.
Its odd that the magical idea of less government and no bailouts and free market ignores things like basic business.
April 16, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Don
My father worked for GM for 43 years supporting his family of seven. He couldn't afford to send us to college but my two older brothers were accepted at Genral Motors Institute on a coop program. I was accepted in the Ford Motor Co. coop program and graduated from Western Michigan University.
Now,you might think I owe GM much, but not so. The American auto industry sold us out. They gave in to the rediculous demands of the UAW, gave away our jobs and bought their parts and machine tools from Europe and Asia. Production and quick profits was their gods. To hell with quality.
I started with a machine tool company called Lamb Technicon in 1980. There were a dozen strong American major machine tool companys then. I was laid off in 2003. Lamb, the last American MT company closed their doors in 2005.
No! No bailouts!!! Let Capitalism work.
April 16, 2009 at 11:22 am
David_the_Great
Yes. We need to cut the cost of government, Government led us to this mess.
April 16, 2009 at 10:28 am
Corey in GA
I say pass a lot of it back. Some of the stimulus and budget are useful projects. Interstate highways are an important federal function since many highways are more of a corridor through a state between other states, so asking that state to maintain that highway is unfair. Bridges along these roads should also be federal. Additionally, these projects are well timed to be done during a recession. The government can get projects done for less when companies are more concerned about just keeping their people busy than reaping excessive profits, and the people who would otherwise be unemployed have work.
Unfortunately, much of the stimulus is pure pork, and more importantly, comes with giving up even more power to the federal government via strings attached to the funds.
The most important point that has been lost on the federal government for decades is that deficit spending (or tax cuts) is (are) acceptable during hard times, but when the economy is doing well, the government MUST operate at a surplus to reduce the debt incurred during economic down times.
April 16, 2009 at 6:36 am
chuck
GoGo here's a heads up. Leftie talk show host Ed Schultz has been on disbarraging rant attacking FoxNews. Just a few minutes ago,I was listening to this,he brought your fellow host Cody Willard. All afternoon Schultz has been trying to link NewsCorp with the these tax tea parties. By the way his show on MSNBC with weak ratings. And he's been calling some at Fox "NUTJOBS." Just thought I pass on the FYI to u.
April 15, 2009 at 4:27 pm
chuck
Not just repeal the dumb tarp but every Fed tax the goverment created.
April 15, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Ron
This is a real question. I am 100% opposed to the stimulus, and believe that the pols in my state should reject the money. However, I am not going to get a tax break in 2010 and beyond when the taxes start going up to pay for this mess, so unless the power hungry policy dictating administration is going to give me a tax break for not taking this money, then no, it should not be turned down, and I SHOULD GET JUST AS MUCH PER CAPITA IN MY STATE AS ANY AND ALL OTHER STATES BECAUSE I HAVE TO PAY BACK AN EQUAL SHARE. This is not the welfare state of America.
April 15, 2009 at 1:24 pm
tony
It is nothing more then the republicans crying that they lost the white house I agree that we need to do bail outs of not then a chain reaction can happen and then the same group would be protesting that the government did nothing and more jobs was lost. ( this is a no win for the Federal government)
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chuck
Give me a break, The tax tea parties were not a whiny bunch of Republicans. Both voters of both parties are upset over the fact that congress can't control spending. The grassroots effort was not attached to FoxNews nor Foxbusiness for that matter. Such stupid jounarlism from CNN and MSNBC is what cost them in rating. The biggest mistake for MSNBC is they attacked the normal folk. The hardworking American. Journalist should inform the public not attack it.
CJJ
Hey Chuck. Let's talk about the TARP. The US Taxpayer is getting dividend payments from banks on this money. Billions already, billions every year. Where are these reports. So by repealing the dump tarp that is keeping millions of people in jobs and the economy from collapsing, you would be losing out on $700 billion that will be repaid. Probably $25-100 billion in dividend payments. Its odd that the magical idea of less government and no bailouts and free market ignores things like basic business.
Don
My father worked for GM for 43 years supporting his family of seven. He couldn't afford to send us to college but my two older brothers were accepted at Genral Motors Institute on a coop program. I was accepted in the Ford Motor Co. coop program and graduated from Western Michigan University. Now,you might think I owe GM much, but not so. The American auto industry sold us out. They gave in to the rediculous demands of the UAW, gave away our jobs and bought their parts and machine tools from Europe and Asia. Production and quick profits was their gods. To hell with quality. I started with a machine tool company called Lamb Technicon in 1980. There were a dozen strong American major machine tool companys then. I was laid off in 2003. Lamb, the last American MT company closed their doors in 2005. No! No bailouts!!! Let Capitalism work.
David_the_Great
Yes. We need to cut the cost of government, Government led us to this mess.
Corey in GA
I say pass a lot of it back. Some of the stimulus and budget are useful projects. Interstate highways are an important federal function since many highways are more of a corridor through a state between other states, so asking that state to maintain that highway is unfair. Bridges along these roads should also be federal. Additionally, these projects are well timed to be done during a recession. The government can get projects done for less when companies are more concerned about just keeping their people busy than reaping excessive profits, and the people who would otherwise be unemployed have work. Unfortunately, much of the stimulus is pure pork, and more importantly, comes with giving up even more power to the federal government via strings attached to the funds. The most important point that has been lost on the federal government for decades is that deficit spending (or tax cuts) is (are) acceptable during hard times, but when the economy is doing well, the government MUST operate at a surplus to reduce the debt incurred during economic down times.
chuck
GoGo here's a heads up. Leftie talk show host Ed Schultz has been on disbarraging rant attacking FoxNews. Just a few minutes ago,I was listening to this,he brought your fellow host Cody Willard. All afternoon Schultz has been trying to link NewsCorp with the these tax tea parties. By the way his show on MSNBC with weak ratings. And he's been calling some at Fox "NUTJOBS." Just thought I pass on the FYI to u.
chuck
Not just repeal the dumb tarp but every Fed tax the goverment created.
Ron
This is a real question. I am 100% opposed to the stimulus, and believe that the pols in my state should reject the money. However, I am not going to get a tax break in 2010 and beyond when the taxes start going up to pay for this mess, so unless the power hungry policy dictating administration is going to give me a tax break for not taking this money, then no, it should not be turned down, and I SHOULD GET JUST AS MUCH PER CAPITA IN MY STATE AS ANY AND ALL OTHER STATES BECAUSE I HAVE TO PAY BACK AN EQUAL SHARE. This is not the welfare state of America.
tony
It is nothing more then the republicans crying that they lost the white house I agree that we need to do bail outs of not then a chain reaction can happen and then the same group would be protesting that the government did nothing and more jobs was lost. ( this is a no win for the Federal government)