Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois thinks the tea party protests were "despicable" and "shameful," cheapening the memory of an honorable moment in American history. As many in the blogosphere have pointed out, this is rich given that Schakowsky's husband, Robert Creamer, plead guilty to tax violations and bank fraud that swindled financial institutions of $2.3 million during the 90's.
People protesting high taxes and the waste of their tax dollars are despicable, but an admitted felon who defrauded the government and others is a "good man," who has done "good work" for forty years and will continue to do so in the future?
In the current climate it is difficult to ask this question in a non-partisan way, but why do so many of those who bear the responsibility for creating the tax code take the responsibility of paying their taxes so lightly?
Perhaps this is the Spirit of '76 that was on display this week... it's not that we have taxation without representation, but that the representation we have is so feckless and disinterested in the plight of the those who pay taxes.
Preach it! This makes no sense. And why is the media not asking the same question you are?
Posted by: Christina Madsen | April 18, 2009 at 07:27 PM