I’ve been meaning to write up some thoughts on the ridiculous spectacle that was yesterday’s nationwide “Tea Party” protest. But I just came across this post from Kos that quite accurately sums up my feelings on the matter, the following paragraph in particular:
What was the message? Too much taxes? I didn’t see many bank executives and Wall Street types out on the streets. And coming on the heels of the biggest tax cut in American history, almost entirely directed at the middle class, this message didn’t have much salience. Furthermore, the theme of these protests “taxation without representation”, was pretty silly considering that these people did have representation. It’s just that they lost the elections, which sort of happens in a democracy. “Representation” doesn’t mean you always get your way, it means that you have a vote. So it was an indefensible frame to base the protests around.
Most of the people who are cozened into these events are stunningly uninformed about the actual effect of tax management in the U.S. We have one of the lowest tax rates in the developed world, greatly tilted in favor of wealthy people and larger corporate entities.
if you are going to write about technology then stick to it – personally, if you started reading truly research material instead of listening to the teen angst of ‘the kos’ you would realize that Statism is not the answer to solving the problems Obama pretends to be able to solve. nuff said – consider me unsubscribed
fyi: I would be suprised if you published this as it takes a bit more wherewithall than you seem to have