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<blockquote data-quote="Gingerbread Man" data-source="post: 875971" data-attributes="member: 37160"><p>The TEA Party is made up of 3 different types of people.</p><p></p><p>1. Libertarians. They want the federal government to obey the constraints placed on it by the United States Constitution. Libertarians themselves are made up of two different groups. Half of them believe in the Constitution, states rights, limited federal government, and for the most part, FREEDOM. The other half are simply drug addicts who think everything from marijuana to possibly even things like heroin should be sold at the corner gas station.</p><p></p><p>2. Conservatives. They only differ from the freedom wing of the libertarians on religious and drug issues. Conservatives support the "war on drugs" and are against things like abortion, the gay agenda and legalized marijuana.</p><p></p><p>3. Independents. Many TEA Party "members" are people who are fed up with BOTH of the two mainstream parties. They realize the democrats are nothing but communists these days, and the party-line republicans are not much more than a sock puppet for giant corporations.</p><p></p><p>The TEA party, for the most part, opposes both the communist democrats and the large corporations. But like any other political group, they're subject to being "hijacked" by special interests, and flat-out lies spread by opposing parties. Those who think the TEA party wants to destroy the middle class have simply been lied to.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Tea Partiers oppose unions simply because the unions support communists and bully their members into doing the same. In 2005 I refused to put a John Kerry sticker on my car and ended up getting threatened by my union steward. It got to the point I was afraid my car would get valdalized in the parking lot so I bought an old beater car. </p><p></p><p>Unions had a purpose, and still do, but they go too far with their demands, and as long as union workers are paid well above what is practical in today's economy, they're hurting the industries they work for and they actually shoot themselves in the foot by forcing businesses to either go bankrupt or do another round of layoffs, or in manufacturing, export jobs to China. </p><p></p><p>Why would UPSF be having non-union contractors like Covenant Transport and CRST run their linehaul freight when they've got their own drivers sitting at home? Eventually it's going to get to the point these non-union drivers working for these crappy companies are going to be able to bring home a paycheck that's bigger than ours simply because they're working and we're not.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Spoken like a true communist. These giant corporations are in fact greedy and self-serving but they will EMPLOY Americans if they're allowed to. If the federal government taxes them to the point they can't make a profit while employing Americans, they will employ the Chinese. Supporting these giant corporations does in fact seem contrary to the cause of the working man, but it's better to be employed by greedy billionaires than to be unemployed.</p><p></p><p>Lately I've been thinking that the solution for these giant corporations would be if they were somehow required to be employee-owned. The current method of being owned by super-rich investors who will take their money and invest elsewhere if a corporation isn't making enough of a profit leads to never-ending expansion and belt-tightening. It shouldn't be like that. But government regulation and taxation, and union demands only make things worse. Maybe if these corporations were employee-owned, so the EMPLOYEES get any profits that aren't reinvested in the companies, we'd all be better off.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gingerbread Man, post: 875971, member: 37160"] The TEA Party is made up of 3 different types of people. 1. Libertarians. They want the federal government to obey the constraints placed on it by the United States Constitution. Libertarians themselves are made up of two different groups. Half of them believe in the Constitution, states rights, limited federal government, and for the most part, FREEDOM. The other half are simply drug addicts who think everything from marijuana to possibly even things like heroin should be sold at the corner gas station. 2. Conservatives. They only differ from the freedom wing of the libertarians on religious and drug issues. Conservatives support the "war on drugs" and are against things like abortion, the gay agenda and legalized marijuana. 3. Independents. Many TEA Party "members" are people who are fed up with BOTH of the two mainstream parties. They realize the democrats are nothing but communists these days, and the party-line republicans are not much more than a sock puppet for giant corporations. The TEA party, for the most part, opposes both the communist democrats and the large corporations. But like any other political group, they're subject to being "hijacked" by special interests, and flat-out lies spread by opposing parties. Those who think the TEA party wants to destroy the middle class have simply been lied to. Tea Partiers oppose unions simply because the unions support communists and bully their members into doing the same. In 2005 I refused to put a John Kerry sticker on my car and ended up getting threatened by my union steward. It got to the point I was afraid my car would get valdalized in the parking lot so I bought an old beater car. Unions had a purpose, and still do, but they go too far with their demands, and as long as union workers are paid well above what is practical in today's economy, they're hurting the industries they work for and they actually shoot themselves in the foot by forcing businesses to either go bankrupt or do another round of layoffs, or in manufacturing, export jobs to China. Why would UPSF be having non-union contractors like Covenant Transport and CRST run their linehaul freight when they've got their own drivers sitting at home? Eventually it's going to get to the point these non-union drivers working for these crappy companies are going to be able to bring home a paycheck that's bigger than ours simply because they're working and we're not. Spoken like a true communist. These giant corporations are in fact greedy and self-serving but they will EMPLOY Americans if they're allowed to. If the federal government taxes them to the point they can't make a profit while employing Americans, they will employ the Chinese. Supporting these giant corporations does in fact seem contrary to the cause of the working man, but it's better to be employed by greedy billionaires than to be unemployed. Lately I've been thinking that the solution for these giant corporations would be if they were somehow required to be employee-owned. The current method of being owned by super-rich investors who will take their money and invest elsewhere if a corporation isn't making enough of a profit leads to never-ending expansion and belt-tightening. It shouldn't be like that. But government regulation and taxation, and union demands only make things worse. Maybe if these corporations were employee-owned, so the EMPLOYEES get any profits that aren't reinvested in the companies, we'd all be better off. [/QUOTE]
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