Tea Party wants Federal Job Creation

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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.”

Full Story: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aLBZwxqgYgwI&pos=8

Interesting. I would like a little Democratic Party job creation. This radical faction should not be too terribly difficult to swoon if only we had democratic leadership with their feet on the ground instead of their heads inside tweed hats. Whenever we say "we must above all that" we are saying "we are better than everyone else" What progressive democrat would be opposed to federal Job creation? Oops, only the Republicans are.

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1. I want a cat that's more like a dawg nt

[mmonk]

5. .

:rofl:

[handmade34]

2. keep the government out of people's lives; unless

...it creates jobs
...it provides better roads
...it dictates abortion rights (non-rights)
...it makes food safer
...it helps my special needs kid
...it might take away my medicare or social security
and on and on

these people cannot be reasoned with

[rainy]

4. You are on to something here. Lets keep this list going......

Keep the government out of people's lives unless..

...it educates the populous so that private industries can hire government educated workers

...my house catches on fire and I have to call the socialistic fire department

...I have to sue someone and need a courthouse with judges etc.....

[SergeStorms]

3. What happened to the free market.........

and the ability of corporations to do better what the government cannot? :shrug: They're pretty selective about their government interference charges. If it benefits them, it's OK. If it benefits everyone, it's bad. :eyes: There's no reasoning with these assholes.

[divvy]

6. I agree with your thinking

The lack of common sense on the part of the Tea Baggers would suggest that they would not be too difficult to romance at the republi-craps expense.

If you read the whole article, there would be many ways to frame the health care debate in such a way that it would be spoken in their language.

They want jobs .... Health Care reform will create jobs.

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7. First sentence....farce not force. nt