Boston Tea Party on The Common

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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.