Ideology of the Tea Party

[hopper]

Conservative with some paleolibertarian tendencies. Most of them are critical of the NSA and the surveillance state because the current President has a (D) behind his name.

Well some are critical of NSA and some aren't. Rand Paul and Justin Amash are. Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz I don't think are.

[hopper]

Libertarians want to replace the authority of government with the authority of individuals.

Tea Partiers want to replace the authority of the federal government with the authority of state governments acting as agents for their preferred "powers that be" - religious institutions, corporations and the collective mass of elderly, white taxpayers.

Well yeah the want the states to have more control of their governments so that's mostly true. Religious Institutions and corporations? I don't know about that. What they want is a return to the constitution as it was originally written when it was written. I hate to break it to them but its not gonna happen.

[hopper]

Libertarians want to replace the authority of government with the authority of individuals.

Tea Partiers want to replace the authority of the federal government with the authority of state governments acting as agents for their preferred "powers that be" - religious institutions, corporations and the collective mass of elderly, white taxpayers.

Well yeah the want the states to have more control of their governments so that's mostly true. Religious Institutions and corporations? I don't know about that. What they want is a return to the constitution as it was originally written when it was written. I hate to break it to them but its not gonna happen.

Why would anyone want to return to an interpretation of the Constitution circa 1789?

Do these people not get that that's the same Constitutional interpretation that allowed for the buying and selling of black people, that did not allow women most of the rights men enjoyed and that even denied most white men the right to vote due to the property requirements and poll taxes most states implemented?

I truly do not understand what these people find so offensive about the 21st century.

Its not about buying and selling black people and not allowing women or poor white men income wise not to vote. I don't think the Tea Party is for those 2 or 3 things. Sorry if I give you the wrong impression. The Tea Party is for Voter ID though so I guess that goes along with the subject though.

What the Tea Party wants is a smaller government they just think its too big and bloated right now. They just think its a good idea to go back to the constitution because the government would run better that way in their opinion and that's the way the framers intended the government to run in the first place.

I don't think they find the 21st Century offensive its just different for them they are agonized that the government is 17-18 trillion dollars in debt.

[hopper]

Conservative with some paleolibertarian tendencies. Most of them are critical of the NSA and the surveillance state because the current President has a (D) behind his name.

They are basically the type of trash talking sports fan who goes to all the games,win or lose, but will mock their team in a losing year.

Huh? What?

[hopper]

What the Tea Party wants is a smaller government they just think its too big and bloated right now. They just think its a good idea to go back to the constitution because the government would run better that way in their opinion and that's the way the framers intended the government to run in the first place.

What's wrong though is they want all the benefits of a big government (Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and Department of Defense) without having to pay for it. They also don't seem to understand economics, how the government works, what the ACA does, or even basic arithmetic.

I don't think they find the 21st Century offensive its just different for them they are agonized that the government is 17-18 trillion dollars in debt.

They didn't object to the expensive wars and massive tax cuts.

Well yeah they like their Social Security. They want the Government to keep their promise to older people on the topic of Social Security.  They think that increasing the payroll tax to sustain Social Security is a good idea.

ACA-They want they repealed and heath markets to go through interstate compacts.

I got the "Tea Party" stances on Social Security and ACA on the Tea Party Platform on "OnTheIssues.Org".

Medicare and Medicaid-I don't know their stance on that.

I think they understood basic arithmetic and how the economy works.

I don't believe the Tea Party Republicans that were elected in the 2010 mid-terms knew how to compromise with Democrats or even knew what the word compromise meant in political terms. They held government at a standstill for 3 years. Some of these guys even thought defaulting on the debt-ceiling increase was a good idea. Well hello to them!

Well what the Tea Party objects to is big spending and I don't think The Tea Party cares for George W. Bush's big spending either but your right there was no outrage about Bush W.'s spending when he was president I think except for Sean Hannity maybe.

[hopper]

If the Tea Party is anything but conservative, I'd love to see where the social liberals are within the movement. I don't see how it's anything but the religious right being bought out by the wealthy economic conservatives.

Well there are Tea Partiers with libertarian views on some things but no the Tea Party is not Socially Liberal.