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I don't like the concept of the Tea Party, whose members I regard as, for the most part, idiots.

However, this article has a few of them talking about why they like the movement, without bombast. Some of it, I can almost agree with.

• They don't like the amount of public spending, or the level of public debt. They don't believe that you can spend your way out of a recession, and they think that the spending has been ineffective.
• They would like to see different people in power. (I'm trying hard not to comment.) Some say a complete replacement, some say an expansion of the groups represented.
• Some don't like what government officials do, as in 'activist judges'.
• Some don't like the healthcare initiative, feeling that it forces them to do things that they don't want to do. They think that it will lead to healthcare rationing.

One fellow says that the TPers are all friendly and polite, not racist or belligerant, and they didn't leave any litter from a rally.

To me, their most telling statement is this one:
"If we do win many seats I think people will be surprised by the changes - from repeal of healthcare reform to cuts in social security."

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These don't sound like stupid people, for the most part. I think they're honestly worried. Government hasn't made its case to them in terms they'd understand and support. Granted, for some, it will never be able to make the case. Cuts in social security as a desirable thing? But for the others, government hasn't explained and persuaded, effectively. It hasn't made its case.

And now we're about to pay the price.