PredFan
Diamond Member
The Tea Party is about changing the way Washington D.C. does business.
They want a smaller more manageable government.
Their movement started in 2008 when President Bush started baling out the Banks.
The Tea Party movement is drawing people from all political stripes, social causes, and income brackets. It is drawing people who have never participated in any kind of political or grassroots movement before. What we have in common, and what holds us together, is a very deep love for the uniqueness of the United States of America, a desire for the limited government that our Founding Fathers created, a fairly "strict" interpretation of the Constitution, a belief in capitalism and free enterprise and a strong sense of personal responsibility
The issues and ideas that are at the core of the Tea Party movement:
1) All forms of government must abide by the boundaries set forth in state and federal constitutions.
2) All pork and earmarks in the stimulus, omnibus bills, and bailouts must be reversed and repealed. The national budget must be balanced. Spending cuts, not increased taxation should be used to balance the budget.
3) Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness implies personal responsibility, not handouts, free-enterprise and capitalism, not government controlled economies. Some people choose to be irresponsible (and of course some fall on hard times due to circumstances), but it is not the responsibility of the general public, vis-a-vis government intervention, to guarantee or bailout irresponsibility and failure. Private individuals and organizations give out of compassion and generosity, not compulsion through taxation. laws, and pork barrel projects.
4) ALL elected and appointed officials are under the employment and serve at the will of We the People.
5) Excessive tax burdens kill prosperity.
6) Excessive national debt is generational theft, and stealing the future of our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
7) Neither major political party is "clean" on these issues. Both Democrats and Republicans have taxed excessively and neither have restrained the hand of government effectively. There are certainly individual representatives who have been faithful to their constituents and to the Constitution. However, too many are engaged in protecting their congressional positions and turf. The majority of government officials have insulated themselves from the people they serve, and hold themselves above the law. We are simply saying, "No, you aren't above the law".
8 ) The American public at large is ignorant of the purpose of government, the founding documents such as the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Federalist Papers. As a result, they allow politicians to sell them false hope and "rights" and "entitlements" that are not guaranteed by the Constitution. By educating the American people on the foundations of our history, we hope to bring sanity to the election and legislative processes.
9) As a group, we are appalled at the audaciousness and arrogance of our government in the last few years, particularly the proposals and bills passed in the last few months, despite massive public disapproval.
They are being vilified by both parties who are Progressives and that is a threat to their power.
Our Government is about the people having the power, not our Government.
What a bunch of boring crap...you will never win an election with claptrap like...."we must change the way they do business"....."we want a smaller government" and the "budget must be balanced"----and so on and so forth. Keep talking that crap and you will never get the democrats out of the White House.
People like you have two really, really big problems....you do not know why the Republicans Lost the last two times and you have no clue as to what is needed to win next time.
I should have said you have 3 big problems....tack on being hard-headed. You will not listen to those who not only know why you lost but can also tell you how to win.....you want to keep on doing and saying the same stuff whilst expecting a different result.....it will not happen....doing the same thing over and expecting different results is one definition of insanity.
If you and your ilk keep up the stupidity then you deserve to lose.
If you really want to understand.....research why Romney lost....get the facts...aka who voted for whom and why...get the election statistics......quit listening to the talking heads who have misled you.
Also you desperately need to understand that White Folk will remain the largest voting bloc for the next 50 years even if current demographic trends continue.
All the answers have been presented on this board....you will not have to work that hard to get the truth.....but of course I know you are not interested in the truth....you and your ilk are all about parroting and regurgitating something you heard on T.V. ....too often msnbc but fox news is little better.
Romney and the GOP lost for one simple reason: The stupid and lazy now outnumber the smart and productive.