Why The "Tea Party" Movement Will Keep Growing

Seemingly oblivious to currently mounting protests over his stimulus package - see here for website and Facebook links - Obama will make reform of Health Care the central topic of debate this week. There are few topics that generate as much interest and concern among voters as does government meddling in that area. Depending upon how the early debate goes, the Tea Party movement could break out into a sprint, as opposed to develop a limp, going forward. We'll have to wait and see.  

One of the key structural aspects of the new budget, I'm told, is that health care reform will be given its own financing stream, one derived partially from cuts to Medicare and Medicaid spending, and partially from a new tax described by Jonathan Cohn as "a financial contribution from medium- and large-employers who don’t provide employees with health insurance."

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[JPP]

A man with little experience in anything, yet sold to the public through a successful marketing campaign......he's got a million ideas to "re-make" the USA.

I for one don't want my country to be "re-made". I like it quite fine the way it's been for decades/centuries.

Healthcare "reform"? Just because 15% of the population doesn't have insurance? That 15% is largely made up of illegal aliens, the young adults who don't need much healthcare anyway and others who move from job to job and their new insurance hasn't kicked in yet.

But the community organizer wants to re-org everything in our nation. Shameful. And the people who voted for this snake-oil salesman? Pathetic.

[mark l.]

I get the idea that a president wants to govern with vision,

but I stil don't see how is capable of looking down the road at healthcare when he can't specifically predict govt revenues for the next two years. Massive structural changes performed on a country with a shaky foundation may contribute massive amounts of pressure to his short term problems.

(in football parlance: you want to move the ball off the goal line so you have room to punt. It's 3 and 12 at the two yard line, and he is calling in plays for what to do when we get to the 40 yard line)

he may not want to deal with it, but one crisis at a time please...

dude must get some focus, quick.

stabilize govt revenues, before planning to spend them.

[AJ Lynch]

"Contributions" from employers. Don't you just love the terminology they use?

[mark l.]

obama has, himself admitted to using cocaine from hs thru college...graduated hs in 1979...

so basically his own survival guide/knowledge of dealing with a recession consists of getting coked out until it passes.

great.

[SAM]

"Obama will make reform of Health Care the central topic of debate this week."

Suggested title for his signature piece of health care legislation: "Throw Granny from the Train."

[Karen]

He's such a doofus. The plan is to overwhelm Americans so that they cry for the government to take care of us all. It's important that we resist hopelessness and fear. The evil freaks behind all this are counting on Americans remaining asleep at the switch and not questioning anything. They fear us "waking up." Let's keep them afraid by showing them that we will not sit idly by while they wreck America!

[Tom]

Folks, the only hope that we have to stop this economic slide is to get control of the Congress and Senate. If you do not replace these spend to the end liberals, we will all be paying 80 percent of our earnings in taxes. Stop the madness! Write your Congressman and Senator and tell them what you think of them bankrupting our country. Explain your anger at their arrogance and disrespect of YOUR money. Remember, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. The more you complain, the better your chance to change. Also,, Promote term limits,, it will keep this from happening again. They are asking us for concessions, what concessions are they taking? None. Did they freeze their pay, No. Did they freeze their pensions? No. Do they work as much as you and I do? No. How much do they make? 160,000 dollars per year. Do you think they earn their pay? No. Who pays them? We do. This country was founded on freedom. Remember, more government means less freedom, total government means no freedom. If you really want to live under tyranny, I suggest you move to North Korea. Tell them how you feel now. Find your elected officials at www.house.gov or www.senate.gov Keep the movement going.