Tea Baggers: Where Were You When Bush Demolished U.S. Economy?

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Tea-Baggers--Where-Were-Y-by-Bill-Hare-100227-599.html


For OpEdNews: Bill Hare - Writer
If you want a stern dose of reality I recommend visiting an important website, one to keep you in touch with the real world in a society where media and political spin abound.

The site is USDebtClock.Org and all you need to do is look at the steadily changing, ever flickering numbers that literally jump out at you to get in touch with the real economic world. As I write this the grand total stands at over $12.4 trillion.

That encompasses $40,239 owed per citizen. While this figure has been quoted frequently when this verboten topic has been discussed the real figure of overriding importance that has tended to be overlooked is the amount per taxpayer.

While $40,239 is a far from insignificant figure, it is nowhere near as calamitous as the salient number determined by taxpayer in that the aforementioned figure includes a large population of children as well as numerous other citizens not paying current taxes.

The amount owed per taxpayer stands currently at $113,496. This leads us into another important category as the situation gets worse, not better.

Let us be sober realists and move into the staggering realm of U.S. total debt. That current figure is $54.76 trillion and climbing so fast that I dare only put the decimal and carry over to .76 when moving from trillions to billions. In that staggering context the total debt per citizen is currently $177,380 and $678,882 per family.


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[scottsoperson]

1. the public option

may be coming back.

[Crowman1979]

2. They were harrassing peace protesters and were called "The gathering of eagles" or as I like to...

...call them "The gathering of assholes".

[HughBeaumont]

12. Not JUST harrassing protestors, but beating up Gold Star dads . . .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1845279

In full view and abettance of cops . . . nary an arrest despite an obvious 5-6 on 1 beatdown, I might add.

[peggygirl]

18. And Cindy Sheehan... nt

[Lasher]

3. They were busy proclaiming the tax cuts worked. n/t

[Turbineguy]

4. They were frozen in shock

while their assets declined.

[DJ13]

5. The GOP runs up the bills, the Dems are expected to pay for them

That way theres no possibility of any money to enact truly liberal ideas.

Just the way the elites want it.

Its too bad our party goes along with this theater of the absurd.

[Zoeisright]

6. They were cheering it on.

Anything dimson did was just fucking fine with them. Because they're racist, illiterate, revolting pigs.

[Michigan-Arizona]

7. Very good question!

That has & will be my first question to any repug I talk to. I get silence or blubbering for my answer. That is just so frustrating for me when I talk to them about this!

[Kablooie]

8. They were declaring it a welcome change from Clinton's austerity that decreased the debt.

[bobburgster]

9. They were being patriotic Americans.

Mindlessly supporting the president in his war on terror.....invading Iraq.

[SpiralHawk]

15. "Smirk." - xCommander AWP: (R - Crony)

[upi402]

10. Supporting taxcuts for the rich while supporting a BS war

would make anyone capable of shame... shut the F*** up!

[old mark]

11. They all LOVED Bush II and his gang, starting 2 wars without bothering to

fund them, throwing untraced bales of cash into Iraq, holding hands with the Saudis, taxing the poor and killing off the middle class to support the rich, and making really dumb smart as remarks. He is one of them after all, and they'd gladly have him back in spite of professing to be against the GOP.

mark

[FrenchieCat]

13. They were telling everyone else to "watch what you say"......

[quaker bill]

14. Driving aimlessly

with "W" stickers and yellow ribbon magnets on the back of their cars.

[bridgit]

16. I'm sure that wherever they were they were comfortable

[bullimiami]

17. They were cheering. Proud to be stupid.

[Toots]

19. Remember their chants of "We Don't Care".."We Don't Care".."We Don't Care"

followed by "USA".."USA".."USA" The first chant was truth while the second was just mouthing the words because the last thing they love is the USA as is demonstrated by their constant cries of secession.

[Echo In Light]

20. Brainwashed

[heli]

21. They were busy worshipping their "Power of Pride" sticker

[newtothegame]

22. Does it matter? They're here now.

Not saying I'm a fan of teabaggers. But this is a poor argument. Should I not care about human rights in Palestine because I wasn't active in human rights efforts in China before?

[DCKit]

23. I keep hearing that history will vindicate BushCo*.

The bestestest pResidency EVAH!

Somehow, I'm just not seeing it.

[NNN0LHI]

24. Sitting at the US/Mexico boarder drinking beer looking for furrineers with their guns

Former Minutemen.

Don