there should be no income tax at all. its a theft of property... and it is obviously does nothing to curtail govt spending. its not like D.C. people limit their spending to match revenues.
Tea Party Goals: 1. Eliminate Excessive Taxes 2. Eliminate the National Debt 3. Eliminate Deficit Spending 4. Protect Free Markets 5. Abide by the Constitution of the United States 6. Promote Civic Responsibility 7. Reduce the Overall Size of Government 8. Believe in the People 9. Avoid the Pitfalls of Politics 10. Maintain Local Independence
Gaggle | Define Gaggle at Dictionary.com a flock of geese when not flying. Compare skein. 3. an often noisy or disorderly group or gathering: a politician followed by a gaggle of supporters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Luke . . . the NRA says this of you. Yet while unlicensed open carry of long guns is also typically legal in most places, it is a rare sight to see someone sidle up next to you in line for lunch with a 7.62 rifle slung across his chest, much less a whole gaggle of folks descending on the same public venue with similar arms. The National Rifle Association condemned the "scary" actions of open carry activists in Texas, including some who were shown in a video harassing a Marine veteran on Memorial Day. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/02/nra-open-carry-activists_n_5433648.html
Shows how much you know about the Tea Party outside of your talking points. The majority of tax issues the Tea Party has is with the federal government, not the states. Again, we're talking about the official Tea Party platform, not some fringe group that you choose to focus on because it suits your narrative du jour. But a dinosaur on the ark is indeed amusing.
You have your fringe groups backwards. The Koch Bros have been around a lot longer than the TP nonsense that started up in 2009. And as we're seeing now, the TP is on the way out while the Kochs are buying up politicians at the state level.
Look, I get it. Honestly, I do. Your talking points tell you that you've got to be focused on the Koch brothers and attack them incessantly. Go for it. I could care less. But your thread was about this theme park, and your video with MSNBC has been outed for the sham it is. Your understanding of the official Tea Party doctrine is horseshit. In times of deep polarization there are always going to be radicals on both sides of the isle that say and do things that are reprehensible and silly. Their counterparts across the spectrum will then point to these radicals and say things like you're saying now, at the top of your voice, to make sure we hear. We get it. Some folks are kooks - both left and right. However, pushing for smaller government, the adherence to our constitution, less taxes, more efficiency in government, states rights - all of these things are not fringe. They aren't racist. They aren't any of the labels that left fringe folks (like yourself) make them out to be. Oh, sure, I get that they probably drive progressives like yourself insane with their beliefs. If you'd like, why don't you pick out some principles of the official Tea Party that you find so disgusting and tell me why you feel that they are fringe, and we can debate those.