The Tea Party was not started to address the social issues of the day but the economic ones The explosion of fury and anger that is the Tea Party didn't come into being only as a reaction to specific economic issues. It came into being because Americans had finally had enough of the whole Socialist/Statist/Democrat/Leftist agenda of the last 70+ years.
The Tea Party is the release of a lifetime's worth of pent-up frustration and anger over the loss of everything precious, valued, and cherished about our beloved America. And ALL of those losses can be laid squarely at the feet of the left.
What you're witnessing is a citizen rebellion, the likes of which has not been seen in this country since perhaps its inception. We are at war with a pernicious ideology that seeks to transform our constitutional republic into a Socialist/Marxist totalitarian state.
Yes, we want to reverse the damage of our government's out-of-control spending, but the well of our anger is much deeper than that. Much deeper.
The Tea Party is attracting the angry because neither major political party has addressed the issues that are driving the population's fury. I have yet to hear any politician talk about the economic fraud that is occurring. The blatant manipulation of the markets, the purposeful housing bubble, the transfer of Main St wealth to a select few on Wall St(think Goldman). Where is the outrage from either political party?? I detest the progressive agenda, but am sorely disappointed with the present ‘conservatives’ in power who have sat on their collective hands while the pillaging has been going on. Remember, the Pubbies were in total power when alot of this crap started and did nothing. Will the ‘new’ Pubbies that take over be different than the old ones who had control? Time will tell but I'm not holding out much hope. No one has leveled with the American people about the deep economic crap this country is in and the pain that will be required to reverse the slide. After all, the pols want to get reelected.....