For JTF's Reading Pleasure: "What is the Tea Party"

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Originally Posted by 12thMan

How do you cut spending while the economy is spiraling into a deep recession, small business struggling, and 8 million unemployed? Fair mind economists say you have to stimulate the economy to spur growth. How can we reduce the size of government when the military complex and all of it's affiliates are expanding because the United States is fighting two wars and the ever elusvive war on terror? Hard ain't it?

I've stated my ideas before, but as you mention below, they'll never happen.

The real problem here is: a) our leaders lack political courage to make tough decisions and b) it's difficult to get a working coalition to solve these difficult problems due to a toxic political environment in Washington.

Agree 100%. I don't know if term limits fix this, but it's certainly a start.

What, the Tea Party will suddenly get a squeaky clean and a born gain Congress to work with? The minute a credible, sober minded Tea Party candidate emerges, and none have yet, he or she will be handed the same old broken system and be asked to change it from the inside out.

The middle of the road Tea Party candidates also get stomped out by the legacy Repub machine (just happened in our primary in VB).