Tea Party Advocates Who Scorn Socialism Want a Government Job

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aLBZwxqgYgwI

March 26 (Bloomberg) -- Tea Party activists, who are becoming a force in U.S. politics, want the federal government out of their lives except when it comes to creating jobs.

More than 90 percent of Tea Party backers interviewed in a new Bloomberg National Poll say the U.S. is verging more toward socialism than capitalism, the federal government is trying to control too many aspects of private life and more decisions should be made at the state level.

At the same time, 70 percent of those who sympathize with the Tea Party, which organized protests this week against President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, want a federal government that fosters job creation.

They also look to the government to rein in Wall Street, with almost half saying the government should do something about executive bonuses. Supporters are also conflicted over whether private-enterprise elements should be introduced into government programs like Social Security and Medicare.

“The ideas that find nearly universal agreement among Tea Party supporters are rather vague,” says J. Ann Selzer, the pollster who created the survey. “You would think any idea that involves more government action would be anathema, and that is just not the case.”

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2. Tea Party Advocates Who Scorn Socialism Don't Know What "Socialism" Means

[Birthmark]

3. They're children

They don't know what they're angry(-iest) about at any moment. They just know that they're upset. And they don't know how to express their distress in an adult way. Hence, screeching and bellowing, lack of focus, explosive violence, impetuousness, and all the rest. They don't need a political party, they need a nanny to change their dirty diapers.

Seems to have worked wonders for Vitter. :evilgrin:

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4. Very well said.

[MisterP]

5. fortunately, this will put to rest the notion of tweakbaggers as principled foes of "big business &

big government": they don't know what they want

similarly, someone ranting about the Fed as the root of all evil (especially if the Earth's troubles are caused by Genevans) will probably end up ranting about the Queen using smack and crack to start a race war and the BBC covering up Britain's ownership of the US (come to think of it, "the Fed" is causing so many troubles because it's staffed with libertarians, like Alan "I probably boinked Ayn Rand" Greenspan)