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re: Is America better off since the Tea Party formed?
Posted on 10/18/13 at 9:25 am to sorantable
Posted on 10/18/13 at 9:25 am to sorantable
Are we better off? No. But is it the tea party's fault? No.
They are doing what they were elected to do - be a voice for their constituents. That os the way the Founding Fathers wanted it. House was the voice of the people, Senate was the voice of the state (we killed that with direct election of senators).
One of my liberal friends was posting on Facebook yesterday that it was no surprise that 75% of tea party reps said they would vote against something good for the country if their constituents were against it. That is how it should be; that is their job.
The reason that we are not better off is because the other side, be it the politicians or the people who elect them, have ideas that are polar opposite of the "tea party" types, and yet they are not willing to compromise on anything, they want it either their way of the highway.
They are doing what they were elected to do - be a voice for their constituents. That os the way the Founding Fathers wanted it. House was the voice of the people, Senate was the voice of the state (we killed that with direct election of senators).
One of my liberal friends was posting on Facebook yesterday that it was no surprise that 75% of tea party reps said they would vote against something good for the country if their constituents were against it. That is how it should be; that is their job.
The reason that we are not better off is because the other side, be it the politicians or the people who elect them, have ideas that are polar opposite of the "tea party" types, and yet they are not willing to compromise on anything, they want it either their way of the highway.
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Posted on 10/18/13 at 9:29 am to PJinAtl
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Are we better off? No. But is it the tea party's fault? No.
They are doing what they were elected to do - be a voice for their constituents
I agree they are doing what they were elected to do, but even then the Tea Party reps in the House are a minority, and breaking it down further the the districts they represent are a very small minority of this country. The tactics they have used to advance what their constituents may want has not been beneficial to this country, but I blame a lot of that on a spineless Speaker and spineless moderate Republicans in the House and Senate.
Posted on 10/18/13 at 11:54 am to PJinAtl
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They are doing what they were elected to do - be a voice for their constituents
It's simply naive to think that they still do that to this day.
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