Where is the Thank You?

Yesterday in Florida at a fundraiser, President Obama was having some fun with the Tea Partiers by asking for a thank you. His demeanor may have been somewhat humorous and Fox News and the Repubs. have already called it rude in their typical hateful and inaccurate fashion, but the reality is that since President Obama came to office, tax relief in the form of many deductions and actual tax reduction has impacted the vast majority of Americans positively. In fact, a disproportionate number of Tea Party Whiners are complaining about taxes. As they say in the south "that dog won't hunt". What's scarier is that these folks are being told by the political spinners that their taxes are going up while their paychecks show less taxes being taken and more deductions available. (Hope their accountants were smart enough the other day when we all filed.) Where are the brains? They are in their heads, but not working. This same group is screaming at the top of their lungs about this conversion to Socialism without even understanding what it means. Socialism means that the Government owns and operates the means of production and that there is an absence or diminishing level of private property. Does the government own the Tea Party activitists' homes? Are IBM, Microsoft, Honeywell, Intel, Ford, and the thousands of other small and large businesses contributing to the larget capitalist engine in the world owned by the Government? With this alleged communist takeover of health care did the Government acquire Cigna, Aetna, Blue Cross and all these huge private health care company money rapists? The answer to all of these questions is a loud and obvious NO. The United States is not approaching socialism, is not reducing private enterprise, has not engaged in a mass takeover of private property and it is silly to suggest that anything close to that is happening. Those who yell the loudest, seem to know and understand the least. It is like being told to jump into your pool, knowing there is no water in it, and doing it anyway. Wake Up people. As one who earns less than 250,000 dollars a year, I will say it. "Thank You Mr. President". Where are you Americans for reason and truth? Enjoy the weekend.