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Fark. 'July 27: Tea Party leaders: "If default hurts the Tea Party, so be it." Tea Party today: It's all Obama's fault"
Tea Party Leaders: If Default Hurts The Tea Party, So Be It | TPMDC
Jenny Beth Martin, a co-founder of the Tea Party Patriots (the grassrootsier wing of the movement) agreed that default -- and the requisite end in government payments for the programs that go with it -- could hurt the thousands of tea party voters she represents. But she said her members are willing to take the hit.
"If it injures the people that we represent, but it's benefiting the whole country, that's what we need to be concerned about," she said.
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Martin said default could be good for the country in the long-run, and said she looks to her own painful financial history as an example.
"As somebody who has gone through bankruptcy, I don't want to see our country into trouble that my family went through." she said. "I understand that means that you've got to sit there and look at: 'What can you do different? Can we sell anything? How can we get out of this mess?' And that's what our government needs to be looking at."
Tea Party Leaders: If Default Hurts The Tea Party, So Be It | TPMDC