How about being objective for a change?

Yesterday, we all heard the tale of massive protests across the country against income taxes. Specifically, income taxes going to the Obama administration. The Obama administration which, if memory serves, has not raised taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 a year. And yet, everyone took to the streets. There's even been talk of Texas seceding from the United States. Where were all these people last year? Where were the protests against Bush's tax plan? Do any of these people even know for sure if they paid more this year than they did last year? Doesn't seem like it. Republican presidents charge income taxes too, but no one seems to care then. This dialog from a 1996 episode of The Simpsons comes to mind:

Homer: Bear patrol tax! This is an outrage! It's the biggest tax increase in history!
Lisa: Actually, Dad, it's the smallest tax increase in history.
Homer: Let the bears pay the bear tax. I pay the Homer tax.
Lisa: That's home-owner tax.
Homer: Well, anyway, I'm still outraged.