I've been following the teabagging. teapartying all morning via twitter (#teabagging, #tcot and #teaparty).
It's very interesting and there seems to be a lot of people tweeting who don't mind paying taxes. In fact they identify why they like paying taxes.
There are sentiments like this
dheerajchand: I pay taxes because I think that men who beat their wives should be punished with the full force of the law and then some. #teabagging
more tweets below the fold
joegrav: I pay taxes because if my boat ever gets attacked by pirates, I want Navy SEALs to kick some ass #teabagging #teaparty
and
weldonwk: I pay taxes because every American child deserves a free quality education #teaparty #teabagging #tcot
and
rockrichard: I pay taxes to help contribute to Veterans education #tcot #topprog #teaparty #teabagging
That warmed my heart because I was going to write a diary on why I pay taxes and don't mine paying them (and we owed this year). I didn't know that this was part of a campaign
Proud to Pay My Taxes
Wow, there are others, like me, who see the value of paying taxes and want to counter the teabaggers (they want to be known as teapartiers now, but I haven't seen anyone dressed up in their mothers dress, big flopping hat with plastic teapot and cups)
Little did I know that this is all part of an Obama plan! Right winger Jayne720 sussed it out. These are coordinated Obama talking points after all. (Now I'm miffed, I didn't get them! and all.
she exposes this conspiracy in her tweets
Mass mailing of talking points: "I am proud to pay taxes because [insert noble warm and fuzzy here] #teaparty
Mass mailing of talking points: " I pay my taxes because I enjoy [insert a no brainer reason we pay taxes] Where's the Pork? #teaparty #tcot
Mass mailing of talking points:"I pay taxes because I want [insert beautiful parks or crime free streets here] #teaparty
Mass mailing to BO'ts of talking points:"I pay taxes because I want [insert clean water, funded schools gov.t here] #teaparty
Well damn, I thought I was having an independent thought. I must only think taxes are necessary for to have a standing military, care for veterans, have passable highways, law enforcement, fire protection, libraries, state universities, public schools, community hospitals, etc. because I have been programed.
I*AM*AN*OBAMABOT
model 2.7
(considering all my recent structural problems I need to ask my parental units to find the warranty so they can take me back for a refund)
But really I don't mind, nor does my husband, paying taxes. We've been to places there isn't a safety net, where public schools barely exist, where there is no social safety net, where if you can't pay for a doctor you die, where fire protection is iffy (and forgot about anything known as EMS).
We know why we pay taxes.
Thankfully this quote is also making it's way around twitter
"Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society." --Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr
It's going to be a fun day.
Soon I will go to actually pay these taxes, because like always we waited.
Somalia; a conservative utopia! unlimited guns, uncontrolled capitalism, bathtub size gov, no taxes.
updated to add:
I forgot to put in #teapartyfail for your viewing pleasure.