Tea Party or Not Tea Party That is the question

To say that folks get all twisted about taxes is an understatement. I don't like paying taxes but my mantra is don't get twisted about much, life is way too short. So there is this movement afoot called Tea Party, interesting yet albeit rather old concept. Nothing like everything old is new again right?

Well this demographic of mostly white, mostly middle aged...that is 45 years old and up is in a twist over taxes and spending. Ok, I get that. Anyone who reads my other blog or monthly newsletter knows that I am all for simple, sound and frugal living, but I also hope that people realize that I am a realist and that leaving a huge underclass in any society is recipe for civil war or international strife, vis a vis the middle east but I digress.

Here's how...

Take away tax spending and here's how the Tea Partiers might be affected...

Was wine served at their gathering? Are any of the California vintners who grow grapes subsidized to grow or not grow crops? If yes, take it away.
Did the Tea Partiers fly to Nashville to their convention? If yes tax dollars support this nation's airlines, airport infrastructure and even built the entire system. Take it away.
Did any of the Tea Partiers drive to Nashville to their convention using the United States Interstate Highway system. Take it away, tax dollars again; state roads are subsidized too so take them away too.
Are any of the Tea Partiers farmers, utility company workers, highway construction workers, bankers, health care workers, real estate agents, teachers, police, fireman, military, postal workers, transportation workers and on and on and on. Take it away, tax dollars in some way either directly or indirectly touch each one of those industries.
Did any of them get a college eduction using guaranteed student loans? Gone.
Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security for themselves or aged parents, take it away.

I think my point is made. It is easy to get twisted when you don't delve deeper and really look at the whole picture. These very angry people have benefited in incalculable ways by the very thing that they fight against. Yet as they eat their inexpensive food, in a well lighted, well heated, well accessed hotel in Nashville TN they fail to realize that they live high on the hog with creature comforts that all of us helped pay for.

I for one rather enjoy these comforts so, I won't get twisted over this one.