Posted by
Playful Walrus on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 5:59:49 PM
A recent commentary in the Los Angeles Times by Bill Maher on TEA Parties and the GOP has prompted a responding commentary and some letters.
Phil Kerpen, the policy director for Americans for Prosperity, wrote the commentary.
The amount of money for which the government put taxpayers on the hook through bailouts -- undeserved rewards for people who took risks that didn't work out -- went from a shocking $7.7 trillion under George W. Bush to an utterly incomprehensible $12.8 trillion during Obama's brief time in office so far. The anti-bailout majority of Americans are justifiably angry. They were angry when Bush got this mess started and are really angry now that Obama has made it worse. People who played by the rules, took care of their families and paid their taxes are going to pick up the tab for special interests on Wall Street and in Washington.
And they'll pay for their immoral neighbors.
Rod Hallock of Chino Hills wrote:
Bill Maher makes the same mistakes as other pundits when he writes that he doesn't know what the "tea party" protests were all about and then goes on to imply that it is all about President Obama's race.
I went to the protest in Yorba Linda because I am concerned about the inevitable inflation that will result from spending trillions of dollars we do not have to spend.
Linda Winters of Culver City, still not getting it, wrote:
What is bothering Republicans is the plain fact that they lost the last two elections and haven't a clue what to do to clean up their sorry act.
TEA parties were not Republican events.
Instead of acting like grown-ups and working together with the new guy, they can do nothing but pout and rant and call Obama silly names.
It's a good thing that Democrats didn’t do that when Bush was elected.
Hey, GOP, I've got a flash for you: You were beaten fair and square by Obama, an intelligent, hardworking guy who will get this nation back on its feet, even if you won't lift a hand to help him do it.
Drastically increasing debt, inflation, and the size of government is not going to get this nation back on its feet. We'll get back on our feet despite these things. We’ll get back on our feet faster and stronger if we halt the growth of these things and let the free market work.