Okay – now it is time to go for the wrath of the Tea Party loyalists

Many in the Tea Party movement will swear allegiance to only Tea Party candidates.

First of all, without nationwide endorsements, how do we identify the Tea Party Candidates? We can only assume Tea Party IDEALS in candidates. The Republican Party has many candidates vying for the Republican Presidential nomination and many of them are claiming to hold Tea Party ideals. There is no Tea Party ticket and no true Tea Party candidate. We must each do our homework and find out who best represents those ideals we want in a presidential candidate.

Second, and this is where I will get the hate mail, even a non-Tea Party type of Republican candidate will be better than our current president. While many will swear that the only person deserving of a vote is a candidate upholding those principles of the Tea Party, in the long run, withholding a vote or voting out of spite will only insure that Barack Obama gets another four years in the White House. Considering the harm he has done to our country in the past three years, one can only imagine what devious schemes he has in store for the United States if left in power.

Primaries are important in that, hopefully, we can winnow down to the best candidates for public office. Unfortunately sometimes we don’t get the best but get what is served to us. It is necessary that we all become involved in elections, learn about candidates, campaign for the best, and encourage others to vote. And although closed primaries are restrictive (voters can only vote in primaries as registered Democrats or registered Republicans), not allowing the opposing party to chose our candidates for us is important. There have been many primary elections ‘won’ by someone running for office because they were deemed the weaker candidate and a candidate who could be beaten in a general election.

Politics is dirty. Sometimes all the candidates stink. In that case, we must hold our nose and vote for the one who is the least offensive. To sit at home and petulantly refuse to vote for anyone only allows someone like Barack Obama a win.

~ Patty

The relevancy of the Tea Party in today’s media

The Tea Party movement began in 2009 as a grassroots effort to give the power back to the people of the United States.

Since those early days of rallies, the Tea Party has grown and many Conservative politicians will seek out a Tea Party endorsement when running for office. The 2010 general elections saw a Freshman class filled with many Tea Party endorsed candidates elected to U.S. Congress and the U.S. Senate; among those in that Freshman class are Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky, Senator Marco Rubio from Florida, and Congressman Allen West also from Florida.

However, if one were to only listen to the Main Stream Media (MSM), one would think those who align themselves with the Tea Party are a bunch of ‘fringe element lunatics.’

Those who would like to see a Federal government more closely resembling the limited government the Founding Fathers had in mind when they drafted the United States Constitution, beg to differ. A recent poll shows registered voters who identify themselves as Tea Party supporters now stands at 22% while registered voters who define themselves as Liberal is a mere 21%.

The MSM, Liberal by nature, would like to continue to mislead the Moderate public. Today we are seeing headlines such as “Tea Party the Cause of the S&P Downgrade.” Rather than face the real problem of America’s debt (over spending), those in the MSM are blaming those folks who pay the taxes for not paying more taxes.

The Tea Party knows the Federal government (and some states) is in an out-of-control death spiral of unsustainable deficits brought on by more and more ‘big’ government programs. Many of those programs (or mandates) are liberty-robbing intrusions into our every day lives. In addition, the government has created thousands of regulations designed to undermine the entrepreneurial spirit from which this great country was born.

So what is the Tea Party? Basically it follows the same guidelines proposed by the Founding Fathers and written in the United States Constitution such as: limited federal government, individual freedoms, personal responsibility, free markets, and returning political power to the states and the people. Oh my, how radical is that?

All this brings to mind a quote from Mahatma Gandhi: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

Friends, keep up the fight – we are on the way to a victory!

Taxes

President Obama says we need to tax more. I think the government needs to spend less. We are Taxed Enough Already!

• Federal Income tax
• State Income tax
• Local Income tax
• Corporate Income tax
• Social Security tax
• Medicare tax
• Medicaid tax
• Federal Unemployment tax
• State Unemployment tax
• Workers Comp tax
• Sales tax
• Property tax
• Real Estate tax (different from property)
• Vehicle registration tax
• Vehicle sales tax
• Inheritance tax
• Gift tax
• Estate tax
• Capital Gains tax
• Accounts Receivable tax
• Motel/Hotel tax
• Insurance tax
• Telephone tax
• Utilities tax
• Gasoline tax
• Cigarette tax
• Liquor tax
• School tax
• Septic/Sewer tax
• Luxury tax
• Dog license tax
• Fishing/Hunting fees tax
• Marriage license tax
• Building permit tax
• CDL license tax
• Road Usage tax
• Watercraft registration tax
• Recreational vehicle tax
• Trailer registration tax

Total tax percentage paid by the above average US citizen, 2005 - 54.4%*

Total tax percentage paid by the above average US citizen, 2009 - 57.7%*

* source: How much tax do we really pay?

~ patty