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The S&P downgraded the credit rating for the government of the United States of America. They deserved it. I am surprised it took so long. Democrats like John Kerry and David Axelrod are blaming the Tea Party. John Kerry is actually calling it a Tea Party downgrade. Is he serious? Probably. That just adds to how scary the political landscape is becoming.
So let’s get his straight. The S&P downgrade is the Tea Party’s fault. Of course, that is complete lunacy. To illustrate this I won’t even need to get into detailed political and economic reasons why this complete rubbish. Instead, I will just point out a couple of simple facts to put this in perspective and let you decide.
John Kerry & Democrat Downgrade Logic Broken Down
- The Democrats have been around since 1828
- The Republicans have been around since 1854
- The government has been run by Democrats & Republicans since 1828.
- Democrats & Republicans have been running the government for 183 years.
- The Tea Party isn’t an official political party.
- The Tea Party has only gained any measure of influence as of January 2011 (when Tea Party candidates took office)
- The Tea Party candidates have been in office 7 months.
- Democrats & Republicans have been running the government for 183 years.
- Tea Party candidates have been in office for 7 months.
So the downgrade of the US government’s credit rating is the fault of the Tea Party?
It’s not the 183 years of failed policies by Democrats & Republicans that have led to the current situation?
It’s not the wars?
It’s not the reckless spending?
It’s not the Ponzi-esque social programs?
It’s not the military-industrial complex?
It’s not the welfare state?
It’s not the destruction of our money, first through stripping of gold & silver, then through irresponsible printing of trillions of dollars?
It’s not ever-increasing taxes?
It’s not ever-increasing regulations, fees, permits, licenses and other barriers and obstacles to operate businesses?
It’s not giant government employee unions that lobby against the interests of the private sector using the private sector’s tax money?
It’s not the Democrat & Republican career politicians mutating free market capitalism into corporatism (partnering in cronyism with large corporations).
It’s not scams like those that caused the housing bubble?
It’s not the Federal Reserve Bank (The Fed) policies of artificially low interest rates and exponentially increasing the money supply.
It’s not The Fed lending 16 trillion dollars to foreign banks? (and we still won’t audit them)
It’s not increasing the debt ceiling every time we reach the debt limit?
It’s not these things that the Democrats and Republicans have been doing for 183 years?
Because I thought it was. But I guess that is just me.
