Who are the members of the Tea Party? They are predominately white, middle class men who are concerned with the economic problems facing America. They claim that they are concerned about the size of the government and government deficits. Surprisingly they support the Republicans or perhaps were co-opted by the Dick Armey and the Koch brothers, who took the United States from a surplus to the largest deficits. Republicans have supported large deficits since Regan. The Republicans refuse to raise taxes to cut the deficit, not even on the wealthiest one percent and believe in cutting middle class programs, such as Social Security, which would hurt the majority of Tea Party members. Logically it does not make sense to support a party that is in the pocket of the wealthy.
Why was it acceptable for GW Bush to increase the size of government with unfunded programs such as prescription medicare and No Child Left Behind. The Tea Party has no problem spending billions of dollars on wars but not on Americans. It makes me wonder is their problem is that there is a black man in the Oval Office that they want to remove.
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