people are upset about the waste discussed in this story.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/AP-IMP...&asset=&ccode=

Originally Posted by actor

people are upset about the waste discussed in this story.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/AP-IMP...&asset=&ccode=

I am sure they are and have said so I believe. You are obviously trying to create some party thing here and its not there. Those who are members of this "tea party" movement as it is called are folks from BOTH parties. Surely, simply as a matter of base philosophy, most will be Republicans but I don't see the movement as party based in any way.

All americans are upset about Iraq and I am curious if you would please post and explain your motives on this post because it is difficult to understand your meaning other than playing the party politics thing.

To me,and I hope I am correct...this "tea party" movement is NOT a party move such as MOVEON or ACORN which were movements that openly were Democratic or the like. It is opposed to big spending by any party....it supports good government and a return to the standards that used to accompany our nations capital.

Just my opinion and I THINK your party is showing !

I think the Tea Party people are ecstatic that the Republicans are in great position to take over the house and the Senate. I also think the stock market and every USA citizen with a vested interest in this country's future is feeling real good about now.

Originally Posted by actor

people are upset about the waste discussed in this story.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/AP-IMP...&asset=&ccode=

Tea Party supporters and members are true Americans in all the best ways. People who love this country as it was founded and are in debt to the American Armed Forces that keep it that way. People who believe in the self determination of every American with as little government interference in that dream as possible.
I'm not sure what agenda you have in this thread, but I get the feeling that you don't think much of your fellow Americans who keep faith in God and Country and strive to get our Country back on course to protect our individual liberties from a government currently plotting to control our lives.

To paraphrase the great former Governor of Alaska.

"I Can See November from Here"

Originally Posted by Bucco

I am sure they are and have said so I believe. You are obviously trying to create some party thing here and its not there. Those who are members of this "tea party" movement as it is called are folks from BOTH parties. Surely, simply as a matter of base philosophy, most will be Republicans but I don't see the movement as party based in any way.

All americans are upset about Iraq and I am curious if you would please post and explain your motives on this post because it is difficult to understand your meaning other than playing the party politics thing.

To me,and I hope I am correct...this "tea party" movement is NOT a party move such as MOVEON or ACORN which were movements that openly were Democratic or the like. It is opposed to big spending by any party....it supports good government and a return to the standards that used to accompany our nations capital.

Just my opinion and I THINK your party is showing !

The tea party's main concern is wasteful spending, high taxes, etc. I agree that too much government spending, and too much taxation are problems that have to be looked at. It seems that there was a tremendous amount of wasteful spending on these projects in Iraq, and you never hear tea party people complain about it.

Originally Posted by actor

The tea party's main concern is wasteful spending, high taxes, etc. I agree that too much government spending, and too much taxation are problems that have to be looked at. It seems that there was a tremendous amount of wasteful spending on these projects in Iraq, and you never hear tea party people complain about it.

I think you do hear that...Iraq spending, but what has happened the last 1 1/2 years dwarfs all that spending.

Just investigate the health bill (that backroom blackmail founded bill) that DOES ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to decrease health care costs but is going to be an anchor on our economy for many many years, EVEN THOUGH, by admission of the administration, it does not address the reason for all the wheeling and dealing.

From the "stimulus" bill unread and nothing but a social program bill to the health bill, the spending is out of control.

YEP...spent a lot of money in Iraq...spending even more in Afghan....BUT, add to all of that what has happened in the last two years and you have the reason for this movement !

Tea Party has many things on it's plate. Jobs,socialized medicine, government take-overs of private companies,jobs,taxes, inept foreign policy. Did I mention jobs? Wealth distribution etc. etc.
By the way, where is Cindy Sheehan lately?

who are just sick and tired of the direction this country is being taken.
And yes, it is comprised of both parties, many races and many religious followings....none of which we will ever hear about from the main stream media or the die hard poiticos and blindly obedient supporters.

And for all who like to jabber about what poor Obama has inherited....many of us will give you for the sake of argument...let us roll over and say he inherited a mess (you fill in what ever you like for what ever mess). And we will allow that is the base line to make the current administration followers happy. Not only has not much been done to make improvements.....things have gotten much worse.

There is not one thing that Obama can point to showing things are better.

And please don't offend us thinking Americans by talking about the war in Iraq being over and the troops coming home. The war goes on. Americans are still in harms way. Karzai and his band of thugs and all the opportunists in the world are still taking our money and spilling a lot of it on the way to the bank.

It matters not what your party or race or religion....we Americans...we the people are sick and tired of Obama, his gang, Pelosi, Reid, Rangel, Waters and the rest of the sleezy politicians ruining the very fabric of America.

Like Katrina can be viewed as the enema that allowed New Orleans to recover...the November elections will be a mandate/enema for Washington to take America back to it's former greatness.

It is actually pretty basic for most of us who care about the futures of our children and their subsequent off spring(s).

btk

http://www.gallup.com/poll/142718/GO...ic-Ballot.aspx

"The tea party's main concern is wasteful spending, high taxes, etc."

Well, one certainly can't argue against the spending part. One look at ANY budget numbers will show an arrow pointing up. For my part, I see the folks around here trying to save money. Heck, my job just got cheaper by having the government hire me directly instead of going through 2 contractors.

But there's a myth about taxes. They've gone down. We're taxed less than just about anywhere in the industrialized world. Now, I grant you it FEELS like more because we're getting nickel and dimed from a lot of different places and many of those (especially at the state level) have raised fees and taxes. But DC? Federal tax rates are down. It's at the state capitals where taxes have gone up. Even here in low-tax NH we had fees go up for everything from car registrations to campground permits.

Originally Posted by djplong

"The tea party's main concern is wasteful spending, high taxes, etc."

Well, one certainly can't argue against the spending part. One look at ANY budget numbers will show an arrow pointing up. For my part, I see the folks around here trying to save money. Heck, my job just got cheaper by having the government hire me directly instead of going through 2 contractors.

But there's a myth about taxes. They've gone down. We're taxed less than just about anywhere in the industrialized world. Now, I grant you it FEELS like more because we're getting nickel and dimed from a lot of different places and many of those (especially at the state level) have raised fees and taxes. But DC? Federal tax rates are down. It's at the state capitals where taxes have gone up. Even here in low-tax NH we had fees go up for everything from car registrations to campground permits.

Your brave for this comment. I agree but not sure I could say it.

Originally Posted by actor

The tea party's main concern is wasteful spending, high taxes, etc. I agree that too much government spending, and too much taxation are problems that have to be looked at. It seems that there was a tremendous amount of wasteful spending on these projects in Iraq, and you never hear tea party people complain about it.

"An important study by the Sam Adams Alliance provides some interesting data on the leadership of the Tea Party. According to the alliance, 79.6 percent see defense as a top issue. Furthermore, 91.7 percent see the budget as 'very important.'

"That suggests overwhelmingly that the leadership of the movement believes Washington ought to live up to its Constitutional obligation to 'provide for the common defense,' but that government ought to be limited and federal spending restrained. That would translate into support for Obama’s defense policies, provided they achieved those ends. They don’t."


http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/08/wi...ding-cut-ruse/

http://www.samadamsalliance.org/medi...ers_report.pdf

http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball...inglepage=true

One knows the politicians are suspect when there is no discussions of the budget because it is too controversial during the coming elections.

How obviously stupid can the legislators be?

btk