Last I checked, the California federal tax dollars going to the feds is less than the federal tax dollars coming to California. This means we are helping the smaller states, like South Dakota. We do not mind doing this, as we think that the rich SHOULD help out the poor.
The tea party people generally come from smaller states, whose voters still think that politicians can be amateurs. Those of us in the bigger states know that a state wide problem that hasn't yet been solved is a complex problem with no simple answers. Complex problems with no simple answers need to be solved by people with experience in solving such complex problems.
It is much more satisfying to think that complex national problems have simple solutions. TRUST ME, THERE ARE NO SIMPLE SOLUTIONS TO COMPLEX PROBLEMS.
These amateurs seem to think that they can justify blackmail by repeating old lies.
It is a LIE that there is a problem with the US national debt. If the US were a corporation, pundits would say that it is not investing enough to be able to deal with the future. Our roads, bridges, and overpasses are an accident waiting to happen. But the tea party is upset because the Chinese buy US bonds.
It is a LIE that we should not give aid to other countries. If the people in other countries become desperate, then they take HUGE RISKS to smuggle themselves into richer countries. If we want them to stay home, we have to help them make their country a better place to live.
I am very tired of the tea party holding us all to ransome. I am also tired of the tea party people telling us that they are not crazy, because they BELIEVE in whatever incredibly stupid statement they are currently making.
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