Colorado Springs, Teabagger Paradise

What would a Teabagger's Paradise look like? Perhaps we shall soon see, in Colorado Springs. According to a recent report, most residents of Colorado Springs have no problem with the drastic reduction of their city's services due to lack of revenue. Already, it is said,

• one third of the city's street lights have been turned off
• cab drivers have been asked to help police watch the city
• park budgets have been cut 75%
• nine city buses have been sold, and there are no services on evenings or weekends
• police and fire department budgets have been cut, and police helicopters have been auctioned off

And some residents want further reductions. Apparently the presumption is that differences can be made up by volunteers and donations. I doubt it, but it will be interesting to see what happens.

I have a theory that Teapublicans would not care if their cities - or their country - ended up looking like Sao Paulo, Brazil: a place where the rich live in heavily guarded enclaves, and the poor live in shantytowns with no public services, surviving on drugs, prostitution, and other criminal activities. Teapublicans would be happier then, knowing that they were not paying for any social programs, and their guards could shoot to kill.