There is no Tea Party in the same way there is a Republican Party and Democratic Party. There is no hierarchy, no party leaders, no fundraising apparatus, not even a ballot line in most states. The Tea Party’s state of virtual reality helps the mainstream media push its agenda that the Tea Party’s major influence on outcomes in the 2010 election was merely "one and done." The Liberal media outlets would have us think the real "grassroots" movement is "Occupy Wall Street" and the 99% of us who are not independently wealthy. The Liberal media may have gone on to win that perception game. Then May 8, 2012 happened.
On that day of the Republican Primary, the Tea Party showed it was alive and kicking. In Indiana, 35- year Senator Richard Lugar got his clocked cleaned by Tea Party candidate Richard Mourdock. In Wisconsin, the special recall election of Republican Governor Scott Walker took a bad turn for his opponents. With no candidate of his own party contesting Walker's re-election, he still won more votes than all the Democrats combined who were vying for the nomination to oppose him.
The Tea Party is a party of ideals and ideas. Though people subscribing to its philosophy and actions may not take to the streets, they do take to the polls to vote. They may not get headlines – even when they deserve to get them -- but they do get the results they want. (Nobody ever got elected on a headline, anyhow. Just ask Thomas E. Dewey, prematurely declared the Presidential victor in pre-TV days by the most infamous Page 1 blunder in newspaper history – “Dewey Wins!” -- even though the slick New York Governor ultimately lost to homespun Missouri haberdasher Harry S Truman.)
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Who's bothered? The left, of course. It reminds them too often of their short-efforts. Can't have that, right? So, rather than raise the bar, we drop it. Real low. That way everyone will feel the same ... miserable.
Teaching business law now - teaching the Constitution, Capitalism and Business Ethics - all compatible and really: can't have one without the other two! amazing logic, those Founders! The kids in class do not understand OWS - and that is a wonderful thing! Tea Party ideal - what a concept! My kids aspire to be 1%ers as well! Maybe there IS hope! PS: refi golden time - 10 yr bond at 1.45%. Deflationary Depression - Thanks Obama!
time to play: WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
X Ok. 7.65% of a persons salary gets paid into social security and Fica.... Plus there employer kicks in another 7.65% of your salary into the program.... That is 15.3 % of your yearly intake....... Now to make things simple I will make a free assumptions..... I will assume that a person will start work at the age of 21 and have a starting salary of 50,000. I will also assume that this person will work at the same job doing the same work for the same salary over the next let's say 40 years...... Leaving the individual to retire at the tender age of 61..... 1 year sooner than the original age of retirement set up by social security... And the final assumption I will make is that 8% yearly will be the rate of return over that time period...... What will the account balance be for this individual Let's see... 2,181,000......... Your government at work lasts and gentlmen....... Stealing your money and your independance.....
It's great to have El Patron running my life, no? WE live to serve ...POTUS, his wife: Mooch, Mooch's vacations, shopping sprees, use of taxpayer aircraft... what's wrong with Emperor Obummah conning us all the time? To my fofrmer friends who are Dems - nothing. It's about time to leave the party of the KKK - like being part of the Nazi party, but keep saying: "we have evolved from that" - no we have not. Dems are just as rotten to the core as Repubs. We really DO need a Tea Party. and just why did both Obummah and Mooch give us their law licenses again? oh right - sealed records....again - tax paying peons are not entitled to get explanations for anything Emperor Obummah does. Just ask Axelrod!!
You see, it's very easy for him to come on here and say that because he doesn't pay any taxes on his $100K+ disability pension. He has no idea what it is like to see our income taxes go up year after year and then flushed down the toilet with wasteful spending.
The issue isn't necessarily the programs themselves ... it's the inept administration of the programs and the lack of government discipline. All in all, it is another symptom that government is too large ... as well as too intrusive.