Yep. Been giving my Congresscritter, Doug Collins, allegedly a Tea Partier, hell for voting for this. I knew he was going to be on the wrong side of a lot of stuff when he voted for Boehner for Speaker.
To be fair he has done some good stuff, too. If he stays staunch against Amnesty, I’ll still vote for him.
“Yep. Been giving my Congresscritter, Doug Collins, allegedly a Tea Partier, hell for voting for this.”
His stance or Ryan’s should not surprise folks. The hardcore Tea Party types are FISCAL CONSERVATIVES only. Nothing short of a left wing liberal is more scary and dangerous than a poll that is only FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE. With that crowd, the military is just another group “sucking up federal monies.” The military retirees are considered TOTAL LEECHES by this crowd....they take and don’t contribute...what they did in the past is irrelevant to this crowd.
A great many that back Tea Party candidates do not realize they are NOT voting for “BALANCED” conservatives....like President Reagan. They are, in many (not all) cases, voting for a totally heartless individual that only cares about getting taxes down...regardless of who it hurts....they don’t see serving military and especially retirees as deserving of a break.
Many on this forum continuously complain how they don’t think those in government (to include military retirees, serving military, or anyone drawing a paycheck from the fed gov) should EVER get automatic COLAs. At the end of the day, they don’t give a RIP about military retirees. The ONLY care about the FISCAL BOTTOM LINE.
It is a foolish thing to paint a broad stroke, but a great many using the title of “Tea Party Conservatives” are just persons that care only about cutting taxes and debt...but not really how it is done. IF they cannot get it through reasonably cuts, like illegals, they will gladly take it out of the pockets of those that served.
I won’t support a Tea Party backed candidate unless I can determine they are NOT hard line fiscal conservatives, and they realize the importance of National Defense and Social Conservatism. The liberal Democrats are TOO loose with the taxpayers money, but the hard line Fiscal Conservatives are TOO niggardly. A bunch of Ebenezer Scrooges.