There’s some serious asshattery afoot today, as right wing bloggers and crackpots take to the streets to hold “Tea Parties” to protest paying taxes. Of course, only in the world of selfish, self-indulgent Republicans can paying taxes be considered something to protest during a time of economic crisis and two wars. Apparently Republicans simply and proudly choose to not support our troops, not support our emergency responders, not support our schools, our infrastructure, and our senior citizens.

Sarah Burris of Future Majority put together a great pushback to the anti-tax teabaggers.  She suggest raiding the rightwing’s #teaparty hash tag on Twitter to remind these fools why we pay taxes.

In the video above, many young people express why taxes are meaningful to them, or why they pay even if they don’t believe in what its going to.

For me it was a first – I had to pay. Not because I made a lot of money, but because I am self-employed. While I have to say it hurts, I know I’m paying for my country. I’m paying for students who can’t afford to go to college so they might have a chance, I’m paying for free lunches, I’m paying for my dad’s salary, for the health care of the 9-11 Firefighters who breathed the toxic air on that awful day. I’m proud to pay taxes because its the right thing to do.

If you’re on Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, or any other social network – think about updating your status telling others what you pay for. And tag it with #teaparty.

I chimed in with these tweets so far:

I pay taxes to support our troops #teaparty #teabagging #tcot

I pay taxes because I love my country and my fellow citizens #teaparty #teabagging #tcot

Please join in and help us make sure that no one forgets how important paying our taxes to the survival of the United States and the preservation of the American way of life.