I am writing this editorial to respond to Michael Quigley's letter from Tuesday, April 14. On Tax Day, over 500 tea parties were held across America to protest wasteful government spending. The tea parties were inspired by CNBC's Rick Santelli's on-air rant in February when he went off on President Obama's proposal to buy up the "losers mortgages." Many Americans do not believe it is the government's job to come to the rescue of the greedy Americans that caused this recession.Those that protested on Tax Day were objecting the ridiculous amounts of government spending that President Obama is proposing, which will lead to a $1.85 trillion deficit. For the past eight years, Americans voiced their anger with President Bush's out of control spending, including me, but I question how tea party participants are unfairly attacking the President Obama by simply attending these rallies and speaking out against his enormous amounts of spending. Is that not a double standard? Are Americans not allowed to speak out against President Obama's policies?

I do not know about others, but I am fed up with the record deficits and an ever-rising debt that will double under President Obama. The unbiased, non-political Congressional Budget Office projects that the national debt will rise to an astronomical $17.2 trillion by 2019. Where is the outrage here? Americans are protesting an out of control budget, not socialism or the end of the Bush tax cuts like Mr. Quigley suggests.

As Americans, we should call on our representatives in Washington to balance the budget. The silent majority has finally made their voices heard on Tax Day, now it is time for our representatives to respond appropriately.

Thank You,

Michael Metzinger