Comments on: Time for Tea Parties 2.0? http://kvnuforthepeople.com/2009/04/29/time-for-tea-parties-20/ The official blog of KVNU's For the People Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:42:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Tyler Riggs http://kvnuforthepeople.com/2009/04/29/time-for-tea-parties-20/comment-page-1/#comment-60933 Tyler Riggs Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:00:59 +0000 http://kvnuforthepeople.com/?p=4108#comment-60933 Jason, I'm with you on this. I, like the TEA Partygoers, dont' want to see our taxes increased and certainly don't want future generations burdened by our present actions. But as far as the trillions of dollars in bailout, it's faulty thinking to assume that we're just taking trillions of dollars, throwing it into a big pile, pouring gasoline on it and lighting it on fire. The money, as I understand it, is being reinvested into ourselves. Although the upfront cost is trillions of dollars, we should theoretically make a lot of that back, certainly where the government is investing in debt and corporations. It's not like the government is buying trillions of dollars in stereos here. On top of that, we've just seen the largest tax cut in history. I don't like the government buying into corporations and increasing taxes on rich people anymore than the next guy, but we shouldn't predict that we're doomed to realize the worst case scenario of the government's actions, just like we shouldn't assume everything is going to work perfectly. We'll fall somewhere in between, this country will get along swimmingly, and everyone will continue to sleep well at night. Jason, I’m with you on this. I, like the TEA Partygoers, dont’ want to see our taxes increased and certainly don’t want future generations burdened by our present actions.

But as far as the trillions of dollars in bailout, it’s faulty thinking to assume that we’re just taking trillions of dollars, throwing it into a big pile, pouring gasoline on it and lighting it on fire. The money, as I understand it, is being reinvested into ourselves. Although the upfront cost is trillions of dollars, we should theoretically make a lot of that back, certainly where the government is investing in debt and corporations. It’s not like the government is buying trillions of dollars in stereos here.

On top of that, we’ve just seen the largest tax cut in history.

I don’t like the government buying into corporations and increasing taxes on rich people anymore than the next guy, but we shouldn’t predict that we’re doomed to realize the worst case scenario of the government’s actions, just like we shouldn’t assume everything is going to work perfectly. We’ll fall somewhere in between, this country will get along swimmingly, and everyone will continue to sleep well at night.

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