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The Next Tea Party is Going to Be Much, Much Angrier
The first generation of Tea Party protests were, unlike media depictions, filled with happy warriors pushing the country towards more fiscal responsibility. It involved crowds of flag-waving Americans who cleaned up every bit of garbage they may have created in the process of protesting across the country. The next round of protests by conservatives will look nothing like the last; they will be angry, deeply angry, and you won’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out why.
Over the course of the last day, a few things have happened. First, student loan “forgiveness” plans, which are really bailouts for college-educated Americans, have been floated by progressives, including Biden himself.
Schumer saying Biden can cancel first $50,000 in student debt via executive order. And will do so in first 100 days. This will change so many lives. https://t.co/nkWZykLJVE
— Tom Winter (@WinterForMT) November 7, 2020
Biden was less bullish, however:
Asked about his plan for student loan debt, Biden promises:
• Immediate $10,000 forgiveness on federal loans
• Public colleges tuition-free for students whose family income is less than $125,000
• Lessen Public Service Loan Forgiveness requirement pic.twitter.com/7e94mJrpxh— The Recount (@therecount) November 16, 2020
There’s already a great deal of resentment from Americans who worked hard and have saved and paid for their own educations and those of their children without government bailouts, and that anger alone would fester. But factor in the fact that while the government is giving bailouts to one sector – those who took out loans on an education that they can now profit off of the rest of their lives – another sector, small businesses, are being bankrupted by government fiat across the country.
Take what’s happened in Philadelphia today:
NEW PHILADELPHIA RESTRICTIONS:
—No indoor private social gatherings.
—No indoor dining at restaurants.
—Outdoor dining limited to 4 people of same household.
—Gyms, libraries, museums closed.
—Schools to remain open.
—Retail limited to 5 ppl/ 1,000 sq. ft.— Brian Taff (@briantaff6abc) November 16, 2020
I have one question: How will the businesses and private organizations (like museums) be made whole? They are still expected to pay rent and make payroll, and yet, they have been stripped of the means to do so. This is theft, plain and simple, and it is being carried out by the government. One could argue, rather easily in my opinion, that some or even all of these measures are necessary for public health. Fine. If that’s the belief of the government, the government needs to compensate affected businesses. What is happening now, lockdown-induced bankruptcies, is eminent domain without compensation.
Imagine the anger across America for a moment. The only folks who emerge from this winter with intact finances will be white-collar workers able to work from home, predominantly college-educated ones. And the government will be giving them a bailout on an education they’ve already received and have profited off of. Meanwhile, the same government has shut down millions of small businesses and offered zero in the way of compensation for the “sacrifice” they were forced to make in the name of public health. If that’s not a recipe for incandescent rage, I’m not sure what is.
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And they have absolutely no concern with socialist democrats taking over America.
McCain told us that we had nothing to fear from his opponent when he was running for President. It was obvious that Obama was going to be the failure he turned out to be but McCain wasn’t worried.
McCain turned out to be the most overrated Republican of my lifetime. Well, perhaps second to Mittens. McCain’s whole career was having us engaged in every possible military conflict that crossed the US. For him we were literally the policeman of the world.
McCain went to Egypt to demand that al-Sisi give the Muslim Brotherhood a role in the new Egyptian government. That tells me all I need to know about McCain.
And how will all the TV outlets, Hollywood, print news outlets, etc. NOT vilify whoever the GOP nominates? The GOP nominee will always be a flawed candidate according to the previously mentioned list…so either we have a flawed nominee that is milquetoast who rolls over and plays dead on request, a flawed nominee that just lies to get nominated then rolls over or a flawed nominee that at least pushes back – I might ask for one that isn’t obnoxious but that is in the viewing…your options may vary but that is how it looks to me…
A big problem is government workers have not been hurt financially.
We shut down the private sector but the public sector hums along.
At some point the states will run out of money (Am I being naive?) and will have to furlough their employees.
Governors like Gretchen and Gavin need to be impeached or recalled.
Let’s add Brian Kemp to that list.
Wonderful comment. A thousand “likes” for that.
I remember when California was “paying” employees and others with “IOUs.”