On a conference call for my Tea Bagger Representative

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Steve Southerland.

Until I listened to his answers to questions on this call, I was not certain he was a tea bagger. Now I am certain.

The only reason I am staying on the call is that I want to ask him how continuing the tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 are justifiable. Those tax cuts (figures from messages and linked articles here on DU) ADDED over $2 TRILLION dollars to the deficit from 2001-2010. If they are continued, they will add an addtional $4-5 TRILLION to the deficit in the next ten years. They did not add the promised jobs.

Since they screen their questions, I may not get a chance to ask this question, but I hope he has the courage to take it.


I am just not sure I can stay on the phone and listen to the crap people are saying to this tea bag tool.

Give me strength - please.

Nope, he did not take my question. Crap.

I just emailed him:

The tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003 cost the US government $1.7 trillion dollars - when the interest to serve that additional deficit is added, they cost us $2.6 trillion.

For that $2.6 trillion, we did NOT get increased jobs, increased business, or increased prosperity. Companies shipped manufacturing and jobs out of this country faster than ever.

If continued, those tax cuts will cost between $4 and 5 trillion additional in the next ten years, depending on whose estimate you believe.

We cannot afford to continue giving tax cuts that increase our deficit by trillions.

There is no single budget item that could do more to REDUCE our deficit than allowing those tax cuts to expire - they were intended to expire at the end of 2010.

This was the question I was going to ask on the conference call - will you allow these deficit expanding tax cuts expire as originally intended and increase the monies going to reduce our debt?