As a freelance writer, it’s hard to think of someone who hates Tax Day (read: today!) more than I do. Even though I’m morally, politically, and generally in favor of paying taxes, and even though I’d gladly pay more taxes than I am currently, it’s still a terrible day full of headaches and animosity about the day I’ll probably be audited just because I’m a business owner who writes things like video games off as tax deductions (That’s a legitimate write off for me, by the way).
But this teabagging/tea party thing just doesn’t make sense to me. We have a brand new president who has set in motion a whole raft of policy changes and programs that are worthy of protest, if you disagree, but why are taxes suddenly the problem? Obama reduced taxes, so they can’t protest high taxes — are these people are just now realizing that they pay them annually?
I know, I know, the answer is “they’re just complaining about Obama in whatever way they can” — but that’s the whole problem. Until the American right-wing becomes more serious about itself (and what it stands for), they’re going to be the butt of teabagging jokes for a long time to come. Visit www.AndrewSullivan.com today for a play-by-play of “WTF?”
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