More than anything, the tea party is a constitutional movement. The number one issue is a return to the constitution, and that entails not only a rolling back of the out of control government, its spending and taxing, but also it’s overreaching and intrusion into our private lives.
We need to get its nose out of social security, health care and any other business or social issue. No where in the constitution can you find the authority for the federal government to take over social issues such as labor, health care, retirement, abortion, gay rights, gun control, health, education, welfare, religion, the environment, the economy, even the amount of water in our toilets, etc, etc, etc.
It’s much bigger than taxes. It’s about Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness!! It’s about freedom!! It’s about the America we all know and love and fear we are losing!!
High taxes are just a symptom of the disease. The root cause is socialism. The godless socialists and control freaks must be ripped out and never allowed to retake control. And that cannot be done by turning a blind eye to the underlying disease.
God bless America and all of her fighting men and women who have fought and sacrificed all down through our history to secure our freedom!!
DON’T TREAD ON ME!!
With the purposeful misrepresentation of the Tea Party by the media, your summation is perfect and truly embraces ALL that the Tea Party stands for (not simply fiscal and economic issues).
As a Viet Nam veteran, I especially appreciate and applaud your blessing on America and what has made her strong and free!
re: “More than anything, the tea party is a constitutional movement. The number one issue is a return to the constitution, and that entails not only a rolling back of the out of control government, its spending and taxing, but also it’s overreaching and intrusion into our private lives.
We need to get its nose out of social security, health care and any other business or social issue. No where in the constitution can you find the authority for the federal government to take over social issues such as labor, health care, retirement, abortion, gay rights, gun control, health, education, welfare, religion, the environment, the economy, even the amount of water in our toilets, etc, etc, etc.
It’s much bigger than taxes. It’s about Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness!! It’s about freedom!! It’s about the America we all know and love and fear we are losing!!
High taxes are just a symptom of the disease. The root cause is socialism. The godless socialists and control freaks must be ripped out and never allowed to retake control. And that cannot be done by turning a blind eye to the underlying disease.
God bless America and all of her fighting men and women who have fought and sacrificed all down through our history to secure our freedom!!”
Jim, I agree with you that America faces problems that are much greater than just taxation - we need Spiritual Revival. I’m just saying that the Tea Party struck a chord of resonance among people of all political stripes - that it is a starting point upon which to build and move the country back to true Constitutional government and the ideals expressed in our Declaration.
I’m just afraid that tying an overtly pro-life agenda to the Tea Party agenda will fracture the point of common ground we have established with a great majority of Americans who have never voted conservative before on anything.
Believe me when I say that I thank God for Free Republic everyday. It is the one place conservatives can meet, vet, laugh, rage, and argue constructively amongst ourselves.
I look forward to the day when abortion is a thing of the past and is seen for the holocaustic sin that it is. May God speed that day ever closer. The Tea Party movement could very well be that first step of common ground back to Constitutional government both fiscally and morally.