Muscatine

Is there really any difference between the Tea Party of 2011 and the Nazi Party of 1930's?

Both felt war was acceptable.

Both wants to throw out the existing government.

Both wants to eliminate the middle class.

Both wants to make elete rich above the law.

What really is the difference?

We need a party without political borders that understands what this nation was founded for and under what principals we were founded. It seems neither of our choices quite get that the foundations of this great nation have been fogged over and fogotten. I wouldn't have gone the nazi route, but the more I hear of bachman, the less I understand what the hell she really stands for. The tea party, if I understand it, wasn't started out of a desire to rule over the littlest angel, but to equalize the peoples power with the government's power. But somehwere along the way that seems to be fading into a fight over who should be taxed at what. To me that's a simple task. A FLAT RATE, NO LOOPHOLES FOR ANYONE.

Done.

So why is it when that the 25% wealthiest pay 86% of fed income tax and nearly 50% of US citizens pay no income tax. How does all of this add up? Exactly what IS fair? I am far from rich and not far from poor, but I hear all this bs about the rich must pay their 'fair share'. What IS their 'fair share'?  How much of what they earn should they be able to keep as their 'fair share'? See how that fair thing is like beauty - in the eye of the beholder?

I am also not a member of the tea party or any other that 'republican' can dream up, but I truly believe that demonizing these folks and saying that they should 'go striaght to hell' by supposedly spokespersons for gov't - the pres, the vp, a  member of congress - shows the mentality of those demonizers, about third grade mentality. Obama is supposed to be the leader of the greatest nation in the world and he resorts to finger pointing and name calling and also as the leader of the democratic party, fails to tone down the nasty rhetoric by members of his own party. What happened to that glorious speech about 'civility' after the AZ shooting of Giffords and others? Perhaps he needs to first look in the mirror and address himself and then address that issue when he gives his big jobs speech. Another black mark against obama - the scheduling of his jobs talk. His office has no idea of what's going on and no way of checking? And he hasn't known for nearly THREE years that we needed jobs? So now spokepersons for obama are excoriating Boehner for objecting to the speech at the same time as as long-planned debate? One more opportunity to say that those evil Republicans are not willing to cooperate. Are we sick of this? You bet!

Tea Party poster child....

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