Originally Posted By mawnck >>The National Day of Strike-We The People Strike Back is an act of civil disobedience that is necessary to show our out of control government that we are serious about reigning in their un-constitutional confiscation of our finances, our freedoms and our rights. On January 20, 2010 We The People will strike at the life blood of that parasitic congress by denying them the tax revenue for one day. We will not work. We will not shop, or buy anything that is taxed. We will not renew any licenses, tags, file any government filings and we will not remain silent. On This day we will fire a shot across the bow of Congress that we rule them not the other way around.<< <a href="http://strike120.ning.com/profiles/blogs/national-strikewe-the-people?xg_source=activity" target="_blank">http://strike120.ning.com/prof...activity</a> So, what effect do you think Them The People's actions are going to have? And can a wingnut survive 24 hours without Walmart? Come to think of it ... Cable and internet service are taxed, aren't they. ;-)
Originally Posted By mawnck More humor, from "Saucy Jim": <a href="http://strike120.ning.com/forum/topics/an-apparent-liberal?xg_source=activity" target="_blank">http://strike120.ning.com/foru...activity</a>
Originally Posted By mele I hope they don't use their phones, electricity or any other public utilities, either. It's going to be a long, smelly day in their lives.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy I like the logic of their actions here. They want to "fire a shot across the bow of Congress." Their method is to "not shop, or buy anything that is taxed." Nevermind that sales taxes, license fees, and most other daily government revenue items are collected at the state and local level and have absolutely no impact on Congress or federal revenue collection at all.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox That never occurs to them, SG, because it's really about the scary black man in the White House. January 20? That was subtle. Not.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Hope they do not plan on using any of their services, drinking water, driving, or send their kids to school. What a bunch of planks.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 Uh...and since this is not any kind of actions against their employers, what are they all planning on calling out sick? I'm not quite sure that in this fragile economy that going "on strike" for a nebulous reason will win favor with any employers. Besides, other than getting news coverage, these "days without" protests have not brought America anywhere near "to it's knees".
Originally Posted By DAR <<<Shakes head. Leave the protesting to the hackey sack birkenstock wearing hippies, they have nothing better to do with their lives.
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy You know what else I find interesting about his whole event? The use of language. A "National Strike." Does this mean that the tea partiers are aligned with labor unions and organization in the workplace? They're co-opting the same language for ther own purpose. Yet, I doubt the organizers or this event have anything good to say about labor unions on strike. It's an interesting use of words and imagery to say the least.
Originally Posted By DAR Just looked at the calendar I definitely will not be spending money here. I'll be in Mexico.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Does this mean that the tea partiers are aligned with labor unions and organization in the workplace?<< They dreamed they saw Joe the Plumber last night Alive as you and me ...
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 I scrolled down and read the comments. Apparently they are also advocating not filing tax returns. I wonder how much fun they will have when they have massive IRS fines and possible imprisonment if they do not pay their taxes. On the other hand, I am sure quite a few of these people are fairly mid to low income and would probably get some money back if they filed their taxes. SO either way the only ones they will hurt are themselves...I say we leave them to it and try to get front row seats for the results.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones What a dumb article. The tax burden by the British on the colonies wasn't that bad overall. They benefit from military protection as shipping lanes were largely protected by the British Royal Navy. The tax burden, however, was disproportionately large on special interests that had the power to disseminate propaganda like, "No taxation without representation!" and fan the flames of revolution. The majority of people living in the colonies did not really care about the issue as it affected them very little. "When King George III of The British Empire had concluded his French and Indian war in 1763 he lacked to funds to pay for the costly event. His answer was to impose tax after tax on the colonies of America." A costly event that they benefit from! By eradicating the French from North America a serious threat to the colonies was eliminated. "He started confiscating their monies by taxing every activity of life and creating government subsidized monopolies on everything from courier services to tea. The King wanted to control every aspect of American life and bring as much money into the government coffers as possible." Haha, yeah, Big Government 18th century style.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones The Navigation Acts imposed a burden but is two percent of your income worth going to war over? <a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3406400634.html" target="_blank">http://www.encyclopedia.com/do...634.html</a> "Thomas estimated that the burden was approximately $1.24 per person or two percent of colonial per capita income. But when this was set against the benefits and especially military and naval protection ($1.775 million overall, and a little less than $1 per person) the net costs were less than one million dollars, or about 41 cents per person in 1770. For Thomas as well as a growing number of scholars after him the Navigation Acts posed no serious financial hardship to the colonists. These scholars considered that if these were considered burdens they had been placed on political and ideological, not economic, scales."
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones Love all the bitching about taxes and Big Government. Can't wait to see them give up their eight lane superhighways, cheap subsidized food packed with high fructose corn syrup and government policies that encourage suburban living so they can have a McMansion with a yard and dog and two cars in the garage and city ordinances that basically restrict the availability of affordable housing (i.e. keep black people out). Big Government doesn't work until it's time to pave over black neighborhoods using eminent domain powers. <a href="http://inourpath.com/intro.html" target="_blank">http://inourpath.com/intro.html</a>
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy Well, Spokker, you can at least see that this sort of lunacy comes from the very fabric of our nation's beginnings. One lesson from history -- the American Revolutionary fervor became far more widespread when the British militarized the conflict and American colonists started getting killed by British soldiers. So, as long as we don't start killing the wingnuts, I think we should be fine.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I wonder how they would feel about waterboarding? They seem to be fans. Now excuse me while I go get my birkenstocks.
