People don’t get that the Tea Party only wants the federal government to return to what the framers intended. It’s pretty simple. Back to the Constitution and the powers specified for DC, and let the states and individuals figure out what they want locally. What’s so wrong about that? Why do others think that letting Washington control our every move is a good thing? To quote the woman who bravely testified in the IRS hearings, we just want our government to “remember its place.”
This is a 7000 word essay on Federalism. Skip to the last section, marked "Federalism Today", and see why that is believed to be impossible.