The first mention of tea parties came in February 2009 from CNBC's Rick Santelli on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, when he asked "if we really want to subsidize the losers' mortgages. How many of you people want to pay your neighbor's mortgage, that has an extra bathroom and can't pay their bills?" Then he called for a Chicago tea party.Amazingly, we would rather do it ourselves. Who would have thunk it? It's fun to observe a child growing up. I am amazed when watching my grand daughter, that she wants to do everything herself. That streak of independence never goes away. We'll do it ourselves. If we need help, we'll ask an expert, whom we are more than happy to pay for his services on an as needed basis. But in general, we would rather see to most things ourselves.
This struck a chord. Tea partiers began to dress in 18th century costumes -- political re-enactors -- and brandished the "Don't tread on me" flag. They declared their independence by opposing Progressive policies that encourage dependence on government.
The Progressives have always assumed that people needed safety nets and would welcome dependence on government. The public's clear rejection of the Democratic health care bills has shown that this assumption was unwarranted. Americans today prefer independence to dependence on government, just as they did 200 years ago.
TEA Partiers have also read the Constitution, a document that seems much easier to read and more straight forward than the lawyers would like us to believe. In it, We the People granted to the Federal Government a few, defined powers. Note that the Sovereign and independent States created the Federal Government, not the other way around. We remain, not one nation, but a federation of 50 (not 57) Sovereign States. Draw your own conclusions.
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