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Yep, Polosi and Reid thought they had a mandate and so did Obama, what did we get was more spending and Obamacare. But let's not forget that, prior to Obama the National Debt had risen to close to $11 trillion from previous actions by previous presidents and congresses. That's still no excuse for the Dems thinking they had a mandate to do whatever they wanted, but in real terms, it's not just Pelosi, Reid and Obama, it's the actions dating back to the 80's.
Now, when I hear Tea Party members of Congress spouting they had a mandate, I see them assuming they had a mandate to do whatever they want. They had great success running on cutting spending, but it appears a majority of the American public don't like their no surrender/no compromise approach.
And speaking of raising taxes,,,,most quarters including the American public and the S&P think that there should be tax increases, primarily on the wealthy. The Tea Party just wants to poor and middle class to bear the financial responsibility of righting America's economic ship, while the wealthy escape any responsibility in the righting of America's economic ship. Yet as facts bear out, since the recession started, the middle class and the poor have lost ground in America's economy to the tune of record levels, while the wealthy have significantly gained in America's economy. Now the middle class and poor are supposed to lose even more ground, while the wealthy keep on capturing more of the economy? And that's morally right? That is pure Plutocracy and I dare anyone to prove me wrong. When Grover Nyquist said "Not continuing a tax cut is not technically a tax increase", he was conceding that revenue's needed to be increased. When everyone contributes to righting America;s economic ship, we have a moral and fair approach.
GWB could have done a better job
9-11 is a forgotten event
we got within 163 billion oaf a balanced budget in 2007, the last GOP event
what you say about the tea party is not true
smaller govt has nothing to do with the poor and the middle class bearing all of the resp
A balanced budget comes from a smaller govt
where do you people get this crap?
And the wealthy capturing more of the economy is because they are wealthy
your act like they are contributing nothing
If a rich man makes no money, one day he will not be rich
if a rich man pays no taxes, one day he will not be rich
if a rich man makes money, he will pay allot in taxes
or for that matter a woman
Where do I get this crap? Try the real world!
FACT: Workers wages are where they were in the 1980's in Real Dollars! Who has benefited? Try the wealthy, because the flat wages enhanced the bottom line. That in itself explain the working middle class losing out in the US economy, while the wealthy have gained in the economy. When someone loses, some else wins. This isn't rocket science, it's just that simple.! Plutocracy in action! The Tea Party and people like you want to keep on pushing Main Street America off the cliff. I'd bet many of those same people are part of Main Street America and are in fact, shooting themselves in the foot.
In a Plutocratic world, the American version of capitalism doesn't work. Two-thirds of the US capitalistic economy is driven by consumer spending. The middle class is the heart of consumer spending. When the middle class has less expendable wealth, the capitalistic economy falters because of the lack of participation of the middle class (See the Great Depression). Right now the middle class isn't spending, there is no demand, with no demand there is no supply. Supply and demand, supply and demand, isn't that the very basics of a capitalistic economy?
And please explain the moral justicfication of just the middle class and poor being responsible for righting America's economic ship, where as the wealthy who have factually benefited in an economy that needs fixing, just slide on by as far as realizing any responsibility?
you are morons.... the Tea Party is plummeting BECAUSE of your radical actions. You see, to the average American... they see how reckless and dangerous you are. They realized that you guys don't care if you take down the country, as long as the end result is the ideology you support. They realize that it doesn't matter what other people think... All you care about is the "Tea Party" way.
In short, more and more people who once supported you are seeing you for what you are.
Is support for the Tea Party movement fading?
I doubt it.
I think that the number of people with a TP mind-set hasn't really changed much.
ARe there any reliable or official numbers for the TP movement?
you are morons.... the Tea Party is plummeting BECAUSE of your radical actions. You see, to the average American... they see how reckless and dangerous you are. They realized that you guys don't care if you take down the country, as long as the end result is the ideology you support. They realize that it doesn't matter what other people think... All you care about is the "Tea Party" way.
In short, more and more people who once supported you are seeing you for what you are.
First of all...nobody knows how many Tea Party members there are.
Secondly...this is just a question posed to people about their opinion of the Tea Party.
The purpose of this is to discredit the Tea Party by any means possible. It's part of this bogus terrorism push the left started against them. It's purely a con-job hatched by the White House. Right now Obama's mini bus tour is trying to take advantage of all of this. Their claim is that the Tea Party is losing popularity. Their claim is that Obama is reasonable while Congress is stonewalling. It's a con-job. Anyone who attended those meetings knows what really happened. The fact that the meetings were behind closed-doors makes it possible for Obama to lie through his teeth about it.
So Obama thinks his party can get away with calling millions of voters terrorists??? 50 years ago the backlash would have been unbelievable....but today....everyone just rolls their eyes and goes on about their business. It's just par for the course with today's political hocky pucky.
