Now, it is also Tax Day, so make sure that you have completed your Taxes and sent them in before you get involved with any Teabagging activities. Somehow I don’t think that the IRS will take your Teabagging Events as a serious reason to not file. So here we go:
This is what these guys are protesting today:
48% of Americans think that the amount they pay in taxes is about right — and while this is the most positive tax survey that Gallup has taken, it is pretty clear that folks have been moving to that position for awhile. I’m not sure of this is a question of coming to terms with paying for the government you want (in direct opposition to the wingnut you can have allthe government you want for free — just not the social safety net stuff), but this is looking like we are growing up abit.
So how many teabags do they have to throw in the water to counteract this?
The there’s this:
Now I’m not going to do what our local rookie leaguers do and pretend that these polls are the final answer to anything. They aren’t. It is tough to argue with the tax trend, though and these approval ratings can change in a flash. But as today’s bit of political theater, the Teabaggers have a real uphill climb here. Even though they will speak as though most Americans want the current trajectory to change, they really don’t. Which shouldn’t be too much of a surprise, since most Americans voted for Obama and they still want him to succeed. Our Teabaggers basically want to rerun the election, which doesn’t look possible today given the current attitudes.
So here we go. I know that the Huffington Post will be liveblogging some of the events and as we discover more venues we’ll post them here. Are you hearing or reading any news from any of these events today? Document it here….