Posted on 10/04/2015 7:53:12 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Tea Party supporters would have us think they are a model group with only what is best for the U.S. as their goal. The fact that the Tea Party supports the likes of U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho and Sen. Ted Cruz to mention two is a clear indicator the Tea Party does not act or support what is in the best interest of our country.
Any representative who advocates shutting down the government as a means to an end endangers the stability of the country and its people. Our government is not a business and was never intended to be one. Businesses are run for profit unlike our government, which is supposed to run and act on behalf of the people — and this does not include special interest groups whose goals are personal gain or sacrificing those less fortunate.
The fiscal responsibility of the government is administering programs that benefit the safety, welfare, equal treatment of its people and care for the environment. The recent visit from Pope Francis was pretty clear on this.
If restoring the country to what it was means civility in politics or honest and meaningful debate of conflicting ideas and finding a middle ground, I am all for it. Unfortunately, that bus has left the station and may never return if we keep electing people who are not willing to find middle ground.
The Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan, non-advocacy group, lists 10 reasons the Tea Party is unpopular. Please take the time and look it up (www.pewresearch.org). Some of the findings are as follows:
1. They really don’t care about America as a nation; 76 percent of Tea Party followers believe representatives should support their constituents even if it is not in the best interest of the country.
2. They hate Obamacare. I fail to see a problem with everyone having access to health insurance. There is something basically wrong with people going to emergency rooms for routine medical issues. There are problems with the health care program, but surely less entrenched representatives should be able to sit down and find common-ground solutions to those problems.
3. They’d gut Social Security and Medicare. Pew found that 73 percent of Tea Party supporters would cut funds to these retirement programs to pay down the federal debt, which, again, is consistent with their “I’ve got mine, go get yours” mentality. Notably, Pew found that 46 percent of non-Tea Party Republicans said funding those entitlement programs was a more important priority than paying down the federal debt.
4. They want more guns in America. According to the website (www.governing.com/gov-data/stolen-guns-lost-firearms-by-state-data.htm) more than 200,000 guns were reported stolen last year. That’s the number reported stolen and doesn’t account for many more that were not reported. In a 2012 survey, Florida ranked third in the country for the most guns stolen — only Texas and Georgia had higher numbers. The more guns we have in America the more opportunities criminals will have to steal one. Surely better background checks and eliminating gun show and Internet sales is not too big a price to pay if it prevents some of the gun violence.
The above numbered references include direct quotes from the PEW report, “10 Reasons the Tea Party is Wildly Unpopular,” as well as my comments.
You are stiffing the taxpayer, anyways, with your subsidized ObamaCare. What’s the diff?
Isn’t there some group you can join? I know that is a rotten solution, but the dreaded AARP services people only 50 or so, if I’m right.
I have a friend who retired from the same bank as I did. I chose the insurance offered by the company and she chose Blue Cross for herself as an individual and at a reasonable premium. She has the better plan. I don’t doctor much, but she does more than I and she couldn’t be more pleased. This is, of course, before POTUS “fixed it.”
One can make the same claim about the Democrats or the Republicans as well. About one third of people self-identify as Democrats. About one third of people self-identify as Republicans. About one third of people self-identify as neither Democrat nor Republican.
If the mainstream is at least half, there is not political party, movement, or group that is mainstream.
The worst thing that could happen is that Mr. Harris’ retirement check would be delayed by “the tea party.” That’s the REAL terrorism. He named Cruz as a terrorist.
Get this:
The Tea Party IS AMERICA.
If your goal is to KILL the Tea Party.
Then, your goal is to KILL America.
You have no clue what you’re doing.
You can buy guns on the internet? Who knew where is the website?
No shortage of Tea Party hit pieces today. Is that because of Kentucky?
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