Tea Party Hypocrites

[IndianaJoe]

As I have watched this travesty unfold, it occurs to me that really and truly not one iota of any of this really has anything to do with repairing the deficit. If the Tea Party really cared about the deficit, they'd demand that the rich pay their fair share of taxes.

The Tea Party is just another secretly funded Republican interest group made up of the usual grab bag of moronic Republican cretins. Their same ilk didn’t support Clinton when he balanced the budget; they didn’t oppose Reagan and Bush when they ballooned the deficit; and now they resolutely oppose any increase in revenues to undo Bush’s disasters.

The only thing the Tea Party really cares about is keeping taxes as low as possible – although, in the process, they are equally happy about attempting to destroy all social spending and most other government functions to get that job done.


I hope that Dems aren't dumb enough to let them do it. Obama and the Dems could just refuse to enter into this stupid "compromise" and go the 14th Amendment route. But, realistically, I guess, that won't happen.

But for me there's still one consolation, Whatever "grand bargain" that gets decided this year (if one actually is, we'll see.) won't last past 2012. None of the parties presently involved can force anything on future Congresses.

Even if the Repubs win big in 2012, they won't implement Ryanism or Rand Paulism. They’ll just cut taxes some more and merrily run up the deficit again. Creating deficits is what they're good at and what they do.

[EC]

1. No, they'll do Paul Ryan's plan

since it cuts taxes deeply and guts Medicare and Medicad...they'll also privatize Social Security.

On edit: they'll have to gut Medicare and Medicad and Social Security to pay for the tax cuts.

[IndianaJoe]

2. Yeah, that's my point. Tax cuts are all they care about.

If Medicare and SS go down, well, that's "collateral damage". Profligate left-wing spending, y'see?