It's not about bashing Democrats, it's not about taxes, they have no idea what the Boston tea party was about, they don't know their history at all.
Really? I'm not a die hard Tea Party gal, but I appreciate their grassroots movement. I actually have a lot of friends who are Tea Party members and they do know their history (not the history that is taught today -- especially up in the Ivies I'm sure). I'm a firm believer though that history is bound to repeat itself if lessons are never learned from the mistakes of the past therefore this morning my dear Snarkers, we will be having a history lesson (I do love history, I had an amazing history professor at Kentucky, he was great and his lectures were rarely boring) so get that second cup of coffee and let's go! I promise to keep it brief as I have faith in the old school education system that at some point you learned about this in school.
Boston is solidly in my Top Five Favorite Cities of the United States. Boston Strong isn't a new slogan for Boston, it's been around since day one. And back in 1773, Bostonians were fed up with King George III and his silly taxes on tea (tea, not even coffee... Trust me, there'd be a riot if someone had increased the taxes and told me that I must go through a certain supplier for my coffee) and his tyrannical ways. Bostonians rallied, snuck aboard the tea ships and dumped it into the harbor. I say, yay for them! Seriously, what better way to send a message and essentially flip the bird at King George than to dump out all that money into the waters? Refusing shipments like they did in other cities, yeah ok woohoo but to sneak on board and just dump it into the water? Brilliant in my opinion. King George got the message, enacted the Coercive Acts of 1774 thinking that would punish the colonists in Massachusetts; these including the Quartering Act (forcing colonists to accept British soldiers into their homes), the Administration of Justice Act (gave immunity to British soldiers who committed crimes in Massachusetts), the Port Act (closed the port in Boston until it was cleaned and damages paid), and the Massachusetts Governing Act which restricted town meetings and appointed the town council. Eventually the colonists revolted, fought the Brits for their independence and established our great nation.
Now, how the heck does this worry me for history repeating itself? Obamacare my dear Snarkers, Obamacare. Obamacare has been deemed a tax by the activist Supreme Court. It is a tax that was forced upon the American people without legislators even bothering to read it ("But we must pass the bill so you can find out [what is in it]," said Nancy Pelosi). Now that more Americans are seeing their health care premiums being raised, they won't be able to keep their plan as their employers are cutting their hours in order to not have to pay ridiculous amounts of money for health care insurance for their employees in order to stay in business, they won't be able to see their same provider because that provider is changing their policies in order to not go out of business themselves. Most Americans do not want Obamacare. The President and Congress have been exempt from Obamacare because they want to keep the insurance they already have. But who cares about the people because it's all about them, right? Kind of like, why would King George care about the colonists tea preference unless it makes him money. While Americans haven't staged their own version of the Boston Tea Party (yet), a form of Coercive Acts has already been implemented upon us citizens. Conservatives have been targeted by the IRS in an eyebrow raising number (kind of a form of the Mass Governing Act, with restrictions on what can be discussed at these conservative group meetings). When Republican lawmakers summoned members to the Hill to discuss Benghazi (in which no one was fired despite this epic failure of security and communication), in a way the Administration Justice Act was thrown in here and immunity was given to the powers that be in the Administration. Next we will have government officials in our homes, doing inspections to make sure that we're all in compliance with Obamacare because let's face it, the IRS is not credible enough to do this.
So for this conservative lady, it isn't about bashing Democrats, it is about taxes and I do know my history. If the Democrats were truly doing a good job and doing good for the people, a budget would have been passed when they held a majority in both houses and controlled the White House (they haven't), they wouldn't turn tragedies into political gain and divide the nation further, they wouldn't pass laws and tell us that we'll find out what's in it after it's been passed and then exempt themselves from it. Maybe it is time to rally and dump some tea in the harbor.
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