February 27th marks the one year anniversary of the grass roots tea party movement. Who would have thought the Tea Party movement would become the force it is in just one short year.
It’s still difficult to believe that last week, President Barack Obama actually celebrated Feb. 17 as the anniversary of his stimulus plan (aka the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009), in which Washington borrowed $862 billion on American taxpayers’ credit. Celebrate the piling of roughly $1 trillion on the backs of our posterity? Call me clueless, but I never have considered easing present circumstances by going into a massive amount of debt as an answer to anyone’s economic recovery and longevity.
But I bet there’s one date the president definitely won’t be celebrating: Feb. 27. This Saturday marks the anniversary (or first birthday) of the Tea Party movement.
Angry White Dude has very eloquently identified the purpose of the tea partiers:
The Tea Party movement, while far from monolithic, generally follows these principles:
1. Fiscal responsibility
2. Personal responsibility
3. Limited government
4. Rule of law
5. National sovereigntySocial issues, which can often divide, are not part of the Tea Party movement’s focus. There are already many groups that address those issues. The Tea Party movement views the destruction of our economy and fiscal insanity of our government to be the greatest dangers to America.
The Tea Party movement’s detractors have called the movement racist. Of course, this is nothing but cheap bomb-throwing from the hard-core left.
So happy birthday to all you tea partiers and may the God of all grace be with you!
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