Tell that to Fox. They report, you decide.

That they do. Except that it was most likely an accident

I don't mind the IRS. But the point isn't that people had more positive things to say about the IRS, the point is that people had more negative things to say about the teabaggers.

Either that or the Tea Party is REALLY unpopular.

Fifty percent of the nation gets a federal tax rebate.

Yeh, a great savings plan, huh? You pay the government extra money so they can use your earned money for what ever they feel is best and then refund the amount without even a thank you or (GEE WHIZ) interest. Wouldn't it be wild if we went back to: you paying the government taxes after you take home your pay. Nope, we'd actually miss the money then. And realize how much we give them. They take it out every pay so it feels like 'not much'. Maybe the polls should be in April !

Why would you expect interest if the tax is not due to begin with?

not the brighest are ya.

You don't get it do you? The government takes your money all year and uses it without giving you anything for borrowing it! Gee, you should start a bank. At least you'd get interest if you would put it in a saving account or a CD.. But I guess to most people it's a christmas account!
So can I borrow a couple thousand from you for the next year? I'll give some back in a year.

Smarter than you, but that's not saying much, is it?

With all you right-wingers snivelling about paying taxes, here you are awarded an exemption you have fought tooth and nail for and than you and the Diesel dufus and the rest of the teabaggers turn around whine about how the fucking government should pay interest on taxes withheld. Doesn't work that way, chump.
Taxes (and the interest which ardently feel you so richly deserve and can't stop bitching about) go toward the costs associated with running a nation that has 309,049,000 citizens.

In your Utopian vision of the world, government would shrivel up and dissappear and corporations like Blackwater would rush in to fill the vacuum and we'd all live in the perfect Ayn Rand authoritarian fascist state.

If you don't like paying taxes, then I suggest that you and Nurse Ratchet...

- Don't drive on any paved streets or highways.

- Don't call 911.

- Don't flush your toilet.

- Don't bring your garbage to the curb.

-Stay off the socialist sidewalks, they're reserved for socialists

- Don't fly in an airplane that uses air-traffic controllers.

- Don't use the court system.

- Don't call the police when you get robbed.

- Don't use the US Post Office, send all your letters via FedEx or UPS.

- Don't ask for a farm subsidy for not growing crops.

- Don't ask for a taxpayer subsidy to do business in a city or state.

- Don't buy a sports franchise and ask the taxpayers to build your stadium.

- Don't send your children to public schools.

- Don't attend a state university.

- Don't expect a social security payment.

- Don't let Medicare pay your bills if you are over 65 or disabled.

- Don't look for a government contract to bolster your defense industry business.

- Don't look for a lucrative government consultant contract.

- Don't run for political office where your salary is paid for by the taxpayers.

- Don't accept government research findings that subsidize research for your industry.

- Don't be an airline and expect the government to bail you out.

- Don't be a car company and expect the government to bail you out.

- Don't be a steel company and expect the government to bail you out.

- Don't be a company that pollutes and expect the taxpayer to bail you out.

- Don't climb to the top of the Washington Monument, which is maintained at taxpayer expense.

- Don't make use of police services.

- Don't be rescued by fire department paramedic team.

- Don't call the fire department.

- Don't expect federal assistance if a natural disaster destroys your home or business.

- Don't visit national parks or hike in national forests.

- Don't eat USDA inspected meat, cheese, eggs or produce.

- Don't take any medications tested and approved by the FDA.

- Don't drink, bath or otherwise use the water from municipal water systems.

- Don't look at or relay a weather report.

- Don't look at a NASA generated picture.

- Don't expect a unit of measure like a gallon of gas to be a full gallon.

- Don't expect an elevator to work correctly or not fall.

- Don't expect a red light to work.

- Don't accept government money to help develop a product which you then personally patent or copyright and sell for your own profit.

- Don't use the services of a doctor who is licensed through the state.

- Don't expect research into medical problems such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, aging, prostrate, menopause, etc.

- Don't use the public library.

- Don't go to a state university affiliated hospital.

- Don't go to a state university.

- Don't watch state college sports.

- Don't apply for government grants.

- Don't use your state's convention centers.

- Don't go to a state, city or municipal-run airport.

- Don't ask for rural electrification.

- Don't ask for FEC regulations that protect us from crooked financial planners.

- Don't ask to keep the airwaves free so your right-wing psycho radio talk show host can lie to you.

- Don't ask for a business loan from the small business administration.

- Don't ask to use the G.I. bill to go to college.

- Don't allow Al Gore to sponsor legislation to turn a military computer network (DARPANet/ARPANet) into the public-accessed "Internet."

- Don't drive a car that benefits from government safety regulations.

- Don't use electricity generated by TVA or some government-owned and maintained dam or facility.

- Don't use currency printed by the US Treasury.

- Don't use a bank or credit union that insures your deposits through the FDIC.

- Don't buy or build a house that requires the efforts of county deed offices or needs building permits and inspections.

- Don't get married, have children or die and expect the government to keep track of all the certificates.

- Don't expect the government to keep an eye on cemeteries, crematories and funeral homes so you won't get dug up and thrown in a swamp.

- Don't run for an elected office, because the local, state and federal election commissions could be involved.

- Don't go to a beach kept clean by the state.

- Don't use public transportation.

- Don't visit public museums.

- Don't go hunting, fishing, or camping on government property.

- Don't cross a bridge.

- Don't use truckstops or public restrooms.

- Don't expect the government to protect the copyright for the works you create.

- Don't move to any other developed nation, because the taxes are higher in all
the others, except South Africa.

- Don't expect your tap water to be clean and germ free.

- Don't expect there to be much wildlife left other than rats.

- Don't use wood or eat meat grown on Forest Service or BLM land.

- Don't eat any food transported on roads.

- Don't eat any vegetables in winter, 'cause they're mostly grown with "reclaimed" water.

- Don't expect any workplace safety standards, labor laws, or minimum wage.

- Don't use any gasoline, oil, or natural gas that was discovered by the USGS.

continued...

- Don't live in New Orleans, Sacramento or any other city protected by a levee.

- Don't expect zoning laws.

- Don't expect clean air, clean water, clean soil, etc.

- Don't expect highway signs.

- Don't expect laws against murder, theft, etc. (the govt. DEFINES crime).

- Don't expect to OWN anything, like your house, car, etc. (the govt. keeps track
of titles).

- Don't expect anyone to plow your roads when it snows or sweep them when they're dirty.

- Don't expect the government to regulate industries that have monopolies and use that power to raise your rates for reduced service and product quality.

- Don't expect the government to keep gasoline rates low, compared to the rest of the world.

- Don't expect convicted criminals to be in prison and off your street.

- Don't expect the local government to condemn private property at below market rates so that your major league baseball franchise can build a stadium on the land and make millions of dollars in profit while leaving the taxpayers to foot the bill when the courts order the government to pay the property owners a fair price.

- Don't expect to receive a cheap land lease on Federal lands, then mine or cut the forest for your profit with no repayment to the landlord (we the people).

- Don't expect to have uniform building codes.

- Don't expect to go to buildings and high rises that have been reviewed and inspected during construction to ensure it was built to current building codes.

- Don't expect to eat in restaurants that have been inspected to ensure cleanliness and the safe preparation of food.

- Don't expect your children to be able to ride the bus to school.

- Don't try to adopt a child through your county or state government.

- Don't expect the state or county to pay foster parents to take care of the children left abandoned or orphaned.

- Don't expect the state or county to investigate and/or remove children from neglectful or abusive homes.

- Don't visit the Smithsonian.

- Don't write any material to be published and copyright it.

- Don't go to your book store and try to find a book by its ISBN number.

- Don't expect the government to stop the auto companies from building SUVs that roll over and kill your wife and kids.

- Don't expect the court to appoint a taxpayer-paid attorney to represent you (or your child) when you are accused of a crime.

- Don't call or go to the US Embassy in a foreign country when you get in trouble.

-Don't expect the government to defend you from terrorist attacks or invading armies.

Or the two of you could just charter a one-way, private, non-FAA-regulated filght to Somalia where you can live out your libertarian dream.

zzzzz..zzzz oh um ok what was it you were saying???

I don't think people are truly A-OK with the government- it's just with all of the nutjobs out there openly attacking the government it makes it look good in comparison.

Imagine of a bunch of vegetarians started terrorizing McDonalds: bombing restaurants, distributing false stories about burgers made out of roaches, attacking customers, stalking owners and managers, etc.

People's reactions would be "sure McDonald's is bad, but it's not THAT bad. chill out."

I think that's what we are seeing here.

There is no way 49% of people actually like the IRS. It's just compared to the teabagger nutjobs, most people realize the IRS is a necessary evil.

Should the tea party denounce or do nothing about the nut jobs in their ranks?

Here is the problem Carlos. How to sever Glenn Beck from the Ron Paul. Oh and then there is the southern race issue. Needed is someone who is louder then Fox with enough creditability to lay out the beliefs of the Tea Party party.

HOW Fucking long, do you propose, we let McDonald's poison our families?

Perhaps the media could concentrate on a less radical portion of the Party. I really don't like the way the government murders people with the money they collect through the IRS.

BTW all good ideas for eliminating fast food.

True. I find myself defending Obama when in fact I find many of his policies indefensible. Especially state secrets, civil liberties and 'defense' issues.

I have a feeling what I wrote flew over your head.

Me too- Obama is a great politician, but he is a politician.
Like it or not, all politicians have a sleazy side to them.

In a way, the nutjobs attacking his birth certificate, his religion, and his teleprompter make it impossible to criticize him on his legitimate failings.

Without realizing it, the teabaggers are HELPING Obama, by making it look like all voices of opposition must be crazy.

Not quite. I just don't agree. Americans are pissed but what are we supposed to do? We voted for change and we got the same. The tea party is the loudest of a very reactionary group fanned by crazy politicians and talk show hosts. These people do not represent the real dissatisfaction across the country.

The tea party might disappear if they weren't touted as news every night.

I agree. though, as far as I can tell Bernie Sanders is an exception, though someone might be able to find legitimate cause to claim otherwise.

Quinnepac poll

Tea Party movement---

* 74 percent are Republicans or independent voters leaning Republican;
* 16 percent are Democrats or independent voters leaning Democratic;
* 5 percent are solidly independent;
* 45 percent are men;
* 55 percent are women;
* 88 percent are white;
* 77 percent voted for Sen. John McCain in 2008;