“Purdue political science professor Bert Rockman, on the other hand, was satisfied with the media coverage and less than impressed by the movement.
“But people often like the ‘goods’ (government) produces; they just don’t want to pay for them,” Rockman says, calling that the prevailing attitude at the tea parties.”
The government produces ‘goods’? This prof is a Obama cult nut.
I’d call them “bads.”
“The government produces ‘goods’? This prof is a Obama cult nut.”
Conservatives believe government’s goods should be limited to national defense and perhaps a few other select items. Liberals want to load their carts and ours up with goods much better served up through the private sector. Government cheese anyone? We know that government is ineffective an inefficient, by its definition. That’s why we want it limited by default.
The Boston Tea Party was held in December 1773. George H. W. Bush beat Michael Dukakis in 1988 in part by calling attention to the fact that Boston harbor was still polluted. Obviously tea pollution doesn't go away quickly on its own.