Jenny Beth Martin, National Coordinator and Co-Founder of the Tea Party Patriots, sent me an email asking for acontribution. In her letter she accused both the Democrats and the Republicans of making a "backroom deal to hike taxes" andsaid "the real problem is an OVERSPENDING federal government". (her CAPS, notmine)
She didn't say specifically what the federal government was over-spending on.Did she mean food stamps and Medicarefor poor people? Or did she mean spending on defense, federal highways, research &development, NASA, and the FDA?(Moreon government spending here)
Jenny Beth Martin said "The American people are outraged at the recent fiscal cliff deal. They are opening their paychecks this month and seeing that the government is taking even more of their hard earned money than ever."
She failed to mention that tax rates in most categories are already nearhistorical lows today. LINK
And most Americans are outraged. All the polls prior to the November elections (even from Fox News)had showedthat most Americans supported raising taxes -- or more specifically,taxes on the rich...the top 2%.
Andall the polls after the "fiscal cliff deal" (which were publicly negotiated) also showed that mostAmericans were satisfied with the deal.
And the "deal" wasn't made in a dark and dingy backroom behind closeddoors, it was voted on publicly by both houses ofCongress and the debates were publicly aired on all major TV networks.
And taxes didn't go up at all on anybody earning under $400,000 a year (98%of us) --- unless one was to also include payroll taxes (the temporary tax cuts that were already scheduled to expire on January 1,2013 (as were the Bush tax cuts). But FICA taxes have nothing to do with the national debt, they fund Social Securityand Medicare.
Jenny Beth Martin must have been in hibernation for the past year while allthis was happening tight under nose. What in the hell was she babbling about? Is she sore because the super-rich(e.g. the Koch brothers etc.) will have their capital gains taxes go up from 15% to 20%?That's still only HALF of what the actual top marginal tax rate is for those who earn theirregular income through "wages". (Capital gains used to be taxes at49.9%, so thesuper-rich STILL got the best tax deal.)
These Tea Party anarchists are beyond the pale when it comes to sane fiscal policies on taxation and government spending. I can almost heara fanatical Jenny Beth Martin screaming at the top of her lungs, "CUT SPENDING!!!" as if that were the one and only solution to our debt problem.
Jenny Beth Martin needs tosettle down, chill out, and take a pilland stop barking at the moon.
And if she needs a donation to help undermine democracy, have her email theKoch brothers....they have lots of cash on hand.(Andno, the Tea Party does NOT have a "mandate" Jenny Beth Martin!)
My Related Posts:
- The Tea Party Anarchists: "Shut it down!"
- Tea Party Anarchists (Part One)
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