Posted by bleauberry on March 27, 2010, at 19:35:38
In reply to Re: New Health Bill Passed Ammended Hour Later, posted by sdb on March 27, 2010, at 4:33:15
> whats the connection between 'boston tea party', 'republicans' and 'health reform'. why are these words often mentioned together?
The tea party was a show of revolt against the Kings of England who were forcing too much tax on people, too many regulations, and too much stifling of freedom. In other words, heavy handed rulers. Today's tea party folks arose because the current administration is taking a course that cannot avoid but force heavy taxes and heavy control on otherwise free people.
Socialism looks great. And early in the game it is. But with any sense of mathematics and economics, it is not, never has been, and never will be, sustainable. It always goes broke. We need only look at any liberal town, state, or country, to see that. Not a one has ever prospered. They suffer a long slow grinding decline. Free societies thrive.
The tea partiers are free people rising up to say, "hey, we don't want leftist socialist-like stuff in the good ole USA". Obauma happens to openly show his heroes, books, and schooling, are all far leftist.
Democrats like big government. Repubs don't. Generally speaking in broad terms. Thus the tea partiers mostly fall in the Repub category. But as the situation is actually severe, there are a good number of Democrats in the tea party as well.
Massachusetts pretty much spoke for how the nation feels. Demos and Repubs alike joined together as one large tea party. Funny, the first time it happened over 200 years ago, was also Massachusetts.
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