And They Call Us Stupid and Hypocritical!

From our local paper last week Friday (04/23/2010) in referring to conservatives, especially Tea Party types:

"What exactly are you complaining about? Almost everyone got a tax cut and most of the deficit belongs to George W. Bush anyway."

Can't help myself. Gotta comment ... again!

What President Obama and most democrats call Obama's "tax cut" was a TEMPORARY, ONE-TIME tax CREDIT. A one-time payment to Americans of $400 ($250 for retirees). We want a tax CUT ... a PERMANENT cut in tax RATES. We also want an accompanying spending cut so that the tax cut does not increase the debt. Neither Democrats nor Republicans reduced spending.

Also, people who keep pointing out President Obama's "tax cut" to us Tea Party types as if WE are the ones not paying attention are themselves the ones not paying attention or they'd understand that we are not just upset with taxes at the federal level. We're upset with taxes, spending and debt at ALL levels of government.

Regarding who's responsible for our national debt, for those who are interested in actual facts, the deficit is NOT mostly Bush's. Congress has 100% of the constitutional authority AND responsibility to increase/decrease spending and taxes. THEY (not the president ... read your constitution please!) are responsible for any debt or surplus. Democrats were in total control of both houses of Congress for two of Bush's eight years. During those 2 years they increased our debt just as much as Republicans did during Bush's first six years in office. So Democrats bear equal responsibility for the "Bush debt" and they're TOTALLY responsible for the mind-blowing debt increase since Obama took office. The fact is that, in only three years(!), Democrats have increased the debt more than ALL PREVIOUS CONGRESSES IN OUR HISTORY COMBINED ... including Bush!

Of the debt created in the past ten years here's the scorecard:
Republicans: $2.5 Trillion
Democrats: 4.2 Trillion (and increasing more rapidly than ever)

Democrats are equally responsible for the Bush years debt and have increased it greatly since then. They have NOT, in fact, given us a tax cut nor spending cut. Tea Party folks are taking the time to understand the constitution and its delegation of authority and responsibility. Based on actual facts, if you're interested, we're neither ignorant of the facts (or constitution) nor hypocritical.