Boston Tea Party on The Common

[JohnnyD]

The NYT poll is interesting.

As scottw pointed out, the movement is supposedly for lower taxes yet, 52% of Tea Party supporters regard the income tax they pay as "Fair".

62% of them support Socialized programs and feel "the benefits from government programs such as Social Security and Medicare worth the costs of those programs."

Not to mention 47% of them feel as though their figurehead, Sarah Palin, would *not* be an effective President.


The above is what I'm talking about when I say that the makeup of the party is detrimental to the foundation of the movement.
And then there's always this:

“I just feel he’s getting away from what America is,” said Kathy Mayhugh, 67, a retired medical transcriber in Jacksonville. “He’s a socialist. And to tell you the truth, I think he’s a Muslim and trying to head us in that direction, I don’t care what he says. He’s been in office over a year and can’t find a church to go to. That doesn’t say much for him.”

[buckman]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

The NYT poll is interesting.

As scottw pointed out, the movement is supposedly for lower taxes yet, 52% of Tea Party supporters regard the income tax they pay as "Fair".

62% of them support Socialized programs and feel "the benefits from government programs such as Social Security and Medicare worth the costs of those programs."

Not to mention 47% of them feel as though their figurehead, Sarah Palin, would *not* be an effective President.


The above is what I'm talking about when I say that the makeup of the party is detrimental to the foundation of the movement.
And then there's always this:

Always the unbiased positive thinker JD.

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

The NYT poll is interesting.

As scottw pointed out, the movement is supposedly for lower taxes yet, 52% of Tea Party supporters regard the income tax they pay as "Fair".

62% of them support Socialized programs and feel "the benefits from government programs such as Social Security and Medicare worth the costs of those programs."

Not to mention 47% of them feel as though their figurehead, Sarah Palin, would *not* be an effective President.


The above is what I'm talking about when I say that the makeup of the party is detrimental to the foundation of the movement.
And then there's always this:

JD, I believe in a lot of what the Tea Party stands for, as well. I also feel that I pay more than enough in taxes, but it's still "fair" because I do get benefits from them. If I had to pay more taxes, I would start to no longer consider the amount fair.

I also support government programs paid for with taxes. If we didn't help the less fortunate, we'd fail to exist as a strong country. But, there has to be limits and/or requirements for these programs. As you've pointed out, people who benefit from the programs should have to contribute in some way to society to be eligible for the benefits. No sitting on the couch with a bag of weed and and an XBox 360 to play.

I'm not sure why anyone would be suprised at the lack of support for Palin. She didn't even complete one term as governor of Alaska. She's way too politically inexperienced to lead this country, much like the guy in the White House now.

[scottw]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

The NYT poll is interesting.

As scottw pointed out, the movement is supposedly for lower taxes yet, 52% of Tea Party supporters regard the income tax they pay as "Fair"but oppose the massive increases that are coming..... "supposedly"...no JD, they're actually for much higher taxes

62% of them support Socialized programs and feel "the benefits from government programs such as Social Security and Medicare worth the costs of those programs." show me where in the poll it states 62% support "socialized programs", if you've paid into these programs your whole life you probably don't consider them "socialized" because you get the statement showing your contributions and what you are getting and figure you are collecting your own contributiuons ..more like a savings...but if you are currently paying and realize that every penny that you contribute today is being transferred to someone else immediately and not being "saved"...then you would consider this a "socialized" program or more aptly... a PONZI SCHEME "

Not to mention 47% of them feel as though their figurehead, Sarah Palin, would *not* be an effective President.I'm guessing most don't expect her to run either


The above is what I'm talking about when I say that the makeup of the party is detrimental to the foundation of the movement.
And then there's always this:

you hate the movement, why do you care?