The Tea Party Movement

TockTockTock · 07-05-2011, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Electrophonic Tonic

The Tea Party's economic view is that cutting government (with the exception of the military... of course), will solve the USA's economic woes. Unions are in a position to demand raises and benefits that would be required to be provided by the government. So naturally, if you remove unions, you remove that element of spending in our government... according to the Tea Party.

The simpler explanation is that unions are on the opposite side of the political spectrum to the Tea Party. So they must be destroyed!! But, that the spirit of politics, right?

On the same level though, the Tea Party is incredibly far right socially as well. Meaning, they oppose legalization, gay marriage, Planned Parenthood ect... So, if you want to limit people from doing something, you must pass a law. To make sure the law works, it needs to be enforced... which costs money from the government. When the Tea Party talks about cutting from government, it's only the programs they oppose that are in the crosshairs.

Rand Paul was mentioned earlier in the thread. I am certainly not a Tea Party supporter, but I do like the fact that he mentioned cuts to the military along with other parts of government. He actually wants to cut everything rather than cherry pick the things he opposes. And I give him credit for that.

The person with Dr. Zoidburg as his avatar sums it up perfectly.

Electrophonic Tonic · 07-05-2011, 10:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack Pat

The person with Dr. Zoidburg as his avatar sums it up perfectly.

hip hop bunny hop · 07-13-2011, 08:17 PM

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Does anyone know why the Tea Party is against Unions in general?

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Unions are for protection of employees, Tea Party is for big business and doesn't give a **** about the working man(or woman)

Eh? When have they attacked unions in general? The closest they've come to this is Right to Work legislation.

They are against Government Employee Unions; the idea being that people who work for the government will organize to put someone in power who will give them more benefits & protection from layoffs. A kick back system, if you will; which is not too uncommon, but the problem is we are running massive deficits, and Government Employee Pensions have been underfunded, raided by the government, and are a ticking (financial) bomb.

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On the same level though, the Tea Party is incredibly far right socially as well. Meaning, they oppose legalization, gay marriage, Planned Parenthood ect... So, if you want to limit people from doing something, you must pass a law. To make sure the law works, it needs to be enforced... which costs money from the government. When the Tea Party talks about cutting from government, it's only the programs they oppose that are in the crosshairs.

It depends on the individual person; the tea party is not a monolithic movement. As I stated earlier, it consists of everyone from Paleoconservatives, Libertarians, and Neoconservatives. So, your strawman fails, bub.

Now, you're right about Planned Parenthood in part - they do support de-funding it from a Federal, State, and Local level. But I hardly think ceasing to fund Planned Parenthood is in the same category as opposing gay marriage.