I have heard and studied TP PLATFORMS.
On the hand they want less spending, less government but are always there when corpoations need bailouts or reserch grants.
less taxes, on the other they want support outsourceing, they support less responsibilty to the rich.
Question; exactly how is less spending, less taxes, less government going to help the unemployed Americans or Americans living on a shoestring budget?
The unemployed have very little money to spend, they pay no taxes
The working poor are mostly getting rebates and have very little left after paying bills
The lower middle class pay very few taxes and after that spending is not a high priority.
The middle class although the meat of tax revenue is an endangerd species
The rich get a tax cut that's like getting paid to pay taxes.
So if America is forced to rise taxes who will suffer?
If there is less jobs there is and will be less consumers who will suffer
Big government, little government who is really conserned here?
The 80 % from the middle class down or the upper 10%, and why?
Answer, more money for the ones and the top and less raises, less jobs and less money for the rest.
Here is the Tea Party platform, extracted from their site:
Nowhere does it say they exclude the poor or any other group, in fact, the Preamble says otherwise.
Preamble: The Tea Party Movement is an all-inclusive American grassroots movement with the belief that everyone is created equal and deserves an equal opportunity to thrive in these United States where they may “pursue life, liberty and happiness” as stated in the Declaration of Independence and guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States.
No one is excluded from participation in the Tea Party Movement. Everyone is welcomed to join in seeking to achieve the Tea Party Movement goals, which are as follows:
1. Eliminate Excessive Taxes - Excessively high taxes are a burden for those exercising their personal liberty to work hard and prosper as afforded by the Constitution. A fiscally responsible government protects the freedom of its citizens to enjoy the fruits of their own labor without interference from a government that has exceeded its necessary size, scope and reach into the lives of its citizens.
2. Eliminate the National Debt - By implementing fiscally conservative policies at all levels of government, progress can be made toward eliminating the U.S. National Debt. Massive increases in the National Debt have created and continue to create a huge burden for the next generation of Americans, thus imperiling the country’s short-term and long-term economic health and prosperity.
3. Eliminate Deficit Spending - All deficit spending must be eliminated immediately. We insist that government representatives at all levels maintain a fiscally responsible budget and balance the books as would be expected of any American business.
4. Protect Free Markets - America’s free enterprise system allows businesses to thrive as they compete in the open marketplace and strive toward ever better services and products. Allowing free markets to prosper unfettered by government interference is what propelled this country to greatness with an enduring belief in the industriousness and innovations of the populace.
5. Abide by the Constitution of the United States - The U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land and must be adhered to without exception at all levels of government. This includes the Bill of Rights and other Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and their provisions designed to protect states’ rights and individual liberties.
6. Promote Civic Responsibility - Citizen involvement at the grassroots level allows the voice of the American people to be heard and directs the political behaviors of our representatives at both the local and national level so they, in turn, may be most effective in working to preserve the life, liberty and pursuit of happiness of this country’s citizens.
7. Reduce the Overall Size of Government - A bloated bureaucracy creates wasteful spending that plagues our government. Reducing the overall size, scope and reach of government at both local and national levels will help to eliminate inefficiencies that result in deficit spending which adds to our country’s debt.
8. Believe in the People - The American people, given their guaranteed freedoms, will thrive in a democratic, capitalist environment which allows individuals to strive toward ever greater achievements, innovations and the efficient production of needed and valued goods and services.
9. Avoid the Pitfalls of Politics - American politics is burdened by big money from lobbyists and special interests with an undue influence on the peoples’ representatives. The Tea Party movement is seen as a threat to the entrenched political parties and thus is the continual target of smear campaigns and misrepresentation of its ideals. We choose not to respond to these attacks except to strongly and explicitly disavow any and all hate speech, any and all violence as well as insinuations of violence, and any and all extreme and fringe elements that bring discredit to the Tea Party Movement. We are a peaceful movement and respect other's opinions and views even though they do not agree with our own. We stand by the Tea Party beliefs and goals and choose to focus our energies on ensuring that our government representatives do the same.
10. Maintain Local Independence - The strength and resilience of a grassroots movement is the ability of citizens at the local level to determine their own platforms, agendas and priorities free of an overriding central leadership. Exercising the clearly stated message of the Tea Party movement by its nature involves discourse about which policies and candidates best hold to our stated principles, and these various opinions should flourish and evolve at the local level.
I've pulled the quotes. You can see them at the site if you are interested. Most of them you have heard before. Otherwise, the wording and positions are from the site.
The Tea Party believes in the ability and the responsibility of the individual.
The Tea Party believes in a limited government
The Tea Party does NOT believe in handouts to corporations, businesses, the rich, nor any other groups, other than a leg up when it is needed. They do not support outsourcing, nor do they particularly deny the need for research, or limit it to big business.
The Tea Party believes that the best government is the least possible, and at the lowest level possible.
The Tea Party believes in the rule of law, which is why when they hold a meeting or other gathering, all required fees, bonds, security, sanitation facilities required are provided for, and they pick up after themselves.
Mostly I agree with them. and no, I have not been to a meeting.
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