The most common theme of the Tea Party protests is taxes; they are angry over the government's stimulus and bailout spending. However, there was very little public anger expressed by the same groups when Bush was spending like a drunken sailor during a time when we were not in a recession. At least the current spending is an attempt to get us out of a recession. It has a real purpose, regardless of whether you believe in stimulus plans or not. Bush's was merely sloth and political gimmicky. Remember that tax refund check you got from ol' Dubya when he was giving Clinton's surplus "back to the people"? I'm sure the Tea Party crowd happily spent that sucker. The word "hypocrite" comes to mind. And then there's Reagan's spending.
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