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Increased Corporate Earnings
DOD
Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:40 AM
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Fox News will have higher earnings, as a consequence of instigating this "protest".
Re: Increased Corporate Earnings
DOE, Albuquerque
Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:57 AM
Re: Increased Corporate Earnings
DoD Agency
Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:05 AM
By the way, the New York Times, hardly a conservative or even mainstream paper, is headed toward bankruptcy. " As The New York Times Co. tries to bask in the glory of having bagged five Pulitzers, the company is facing a cash crunch that could put it on the path toward insolvency" in an article called "$1.3 B Death Rattle"
Of course, the govt. may step in to save it--and have it champion the Dems at gov. expense. Perhaps we could call it Pravda instead as it would be the official state-run paper.
Re: Increased Corporate Earnings
DFAS
Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:05 AM
What world do you people live in?
none
Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:50 AM
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First, Fox News didn't "cover" the tea parties, they actively promoted them. Other news agencies didn't ingore them, they just weren't promoting them.
Complaining about resetting tax rates to reasonable levels has got to be the single stupidest issue the Republican party has chosen to champion. Do their constituents have any idea how wealth in this country has been massively redistributed to the upper 1/2% over the last 20 years through failed trickle-down policies? Apparently not.
It is unbelievable how ill-informed some Americans are. These are facts, people. They're quite easy to look up. Look up "real wage" trends. Compare the wealth of the top 1% in 1980 to what it is today. Look up "Gini coefficient." Read The Economist.
Do you want to live in India? Because with Republican tax policies, that's where we're headed.
Re: What world do you people live in?
Fed Govt
Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:17 AM
Re: What world do you people live in?
DOD
Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:34 AM
I agree that we are probably heading for a two-party economic situation where the middle-class disappears, but maybe some of those middle-class families are becoming part of the top.
But one thing is for sure to get where I am today (debt free except for my mortgage) I had to sacrifice my WANTS OF THE MOMENT to get here. People have to go through the sacrifice now to be solvent again and we have to do so together as a nation.
Until we as a society appreciate a fireman over an actor, a policeman over a rockstar, a teacher over an athlete, etc then our values will always be skewed to there being a mega-rich and mega-poor U.S.
Tea Party
VA
Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:51 AM
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How silly--taxes are going to be around as long as we are. How would these imbeciles propose to pay back what the Bush administration has wasted? Where were these protesters during the past 8 years that GWB was busy putting us in debt? I'm sure that he and Mr. Cheeney are not suffering at all. Their fat cat supporters aren't either, although they're likely crying poor mouth trying to get bail out funds. Yes, taxes hurt us of the middle class, but don't blame President Obama--he's taken on the task of cleaning up the mess that Republicans created. I have no sympathy for the rich because they've been sailing along happily for years while we of the middle class have been paying the bills.
Re: Tea Party
DoD Agency
Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:57 AM
The current philosophy among some commenting seems to be: Damn the rich! Mao would certainly go along with that--as well as karl marx and probably Barack Obama as well. I don't see a problem with people being successful and don't like disparaging and attacking them for having been successful. About 48% of Americans do not pay income taxes now--and that is rapidly moving up to 50%. They are actually getting a welfare check (part of the 95% of Americans paying less taxes).
Most of us did not like the Bush debt. Obviously, Obama's extra trillions will be impossible to pay back--and he has only been in office about three months.
Re: Tea Party
DOE, Albuquerque
Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:04 AM
Who's to blame?
Corps of Engineers
Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:01 AM
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Many of those attending the tea parties will not be affected by any federal tax increase, most of those there were average working people, not those in the $250K plus category.
I think these tea parties are OK as long as they don't try and dump the blame on the current occupant of the Whitehouse for the last 90 plus days. This spending spree started long ago and both parties share the guilt.
I think the right of citizen to protest should never be infringed.
I also find it interesting how our media chooses to report events. The anti war protest were largely ignored and some had hundreds of thousands in attendance, most of the tea parties were much smaller and FOX gave them coverage like a national disaster! The other media outlets ignored them or made fun of them. Go figure....
Tea Parties - To be or Not to be
DOT
Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:03 AM
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Keep up the good work!!! The Tea parties are the beginning of real change! Not the twisted left wing biased untruth coming out of the Obama administration and congress.
Rascist?
Dept of State
Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:06 AM
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I actually watched the event from different view points (CNN & Fox) on April 15 and believe that any belief of rascism is grossly misinformed. I have heard the spin from both sides of the isle (Dem vs Rep). I don't believe they realize that this is not something that benefits either one of them, but, instead, could be their demise that has been almost successfully attempted with the Bull-Moose Party and most recently Ross Perot if the tea parties can better organize. Most signs bashed the policies that was started by Bush calling this the Bush-Obama policy. There were others that were more one sided both ways (Dem / Rep). I think some will always only listen to their preferred parties media, but I like to listen to all (i.e. Fox, MSNBC, and CNN) to get a balanced perspective. I do agree though that if the organizers don't make their protests more linear, like the other movements of the past (i.e. Dr. King), I think that it will fizzle and not even be remembered.
Dangerous Tea Parties?
USDA, retired
Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:31 AM
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The very idea that someone thinks these peaceful demonstrations about preserving our freedoms are dangerous indicates just how much the demonstrations are needed. I can almost hear my mother saying "I suppose if our president jumped off a cliff you would too"! I encourage people to consider these parties for their content and concerns rather than from a unity/disharmony stand point. Perhaps some concerned people were just waking up to the impacts of Bush's bailouts and now are ready to express themselves when Obama continues them to the extreme. It is not political party opposition or racial discrimination... people who throw that out are smoke screening. It is our country and our freedom folks! WAKE UP!