On 06/10/2013 09:32 AM, keith smith wrote: > I have to ask if the Tea Party was right and once they get into > government they try to correct the gov, what is wrong with that? > > Are you saying we still need some level of evasiveness, over taxing, > redistribution of wealth, the nanny state mentality?
Government secrecy may in fact be important sometimes, but without proper oversight, it will always lead to problems, and we're seeing the consequences of this now (Patriot Act!). What makes you think you are over-taxed right now? Taxes are the lowest they've been in the US for decades. In fact they are lower than during the Clinton era, where the economy was actually doing very well. As for a nanny state, far right folks are indeed funny on this one. They want the government to stay out of their business, except when a tornado comes, or when gays want to marry, or to get tough on crime. By that comment I am not saying I support criminals or gay marriage. Just pointing out the difficulty of this part of the Tea Party's position. > Simply the Tea Party is about smaller gov, less intrusive gov, less > taxes, God given freedom, the rule of law (U.S.Constitution), and > being self-reliant. Except that they define freedom very narrowly. As long as I choose to exercise my freedom in a way that they agree with, that's what freedom is. If I want freedom from being destroyed by cancer treatment, or freedom from being uninsured, well, that's completely different. And whose interpretation of the Constitution? Their position is just as problematic as any political party's position today. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
