Thread: Tea Party: What is it/what does it stand for

From what I've seen of Tea Party members, they're all demographics, but united in being opposed to the oppressive intrusion of government into our lives, our pockets, our minds. Today were 3 good examples: Juan Williams gets fired for admitting what many people feel. If there wasn't some rationale behind his thoughts....then why do we have TSA screeners at the airports? Second example: now government is dictating what you can eat and drink. We've all heard about government plans to tax soft drinks to discourage sugar consumption....today the government announced that people on food stamps can no longer purchase any POTATOES or potato product with food stamps or WIC because potatoes are a starch and fattening. Example 3: my son-in-law learned today that his health care premiums just jumped $200/MONTH! With the health care reform we knew this was coming, his $200 is going to amortize the costs of the government saddling consumers with the 34 million people who didn't carry health insurance. There's simply too much of this government intrusion going on and just like the tax revolt of the first Tea Party, is the reason for the new Tea Party. Unfortunately, there is a movement afoot to paint them as bigots or racists or whatever simply because they're opposed to bigger government.