In U.S., Support for Tea Party Drops to New Low

gwb-trading · Oct 26, 2015

In U.S., Support for Tea Party Drops to New Low
http://www.gallup.com/poll/186338/support-tea-party-drops-new-low.aspx

17% say they consider themselves Tea Party supporters
54%, highest ever, neither support nor oppose the movement
Major drop in support from independents who lean toward GOP

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jimmiebarton · Oct 27, 2015

thank God, those people are crazy! the word "compromise" is not found anywhere in their vocabulary:eek:

ETcallhome · Oct 27, 2015

TEA stands for Taxed Enough Already

Scataphagos · Oct 28, 2015

I wonder whether it's primarily because Tea Party supporters are tired of getting hosed by the "supposed Tea Party" candidates (most of whom immediately caved when they got to Washington), or whether Tea Party support is being eroded by the Leftists and Left MSM attacking Tea Party principles and telling all the stupid people, "the government is the answer". ??

gwb-trading · Oct 28, 2015

Scataphagos said:
I wonder whether it's primarily because Tea Party supporters are tired of getting hosed by the "supposed Tea Party" candidates (most of whom immediately caved when they got to Washington), or whether Tea Party support is being eroded by the Leftists and Left MSM attacking Tea Party principles and telling all the stupid people, "the government is the answer". ??

Maybe the majority of the population have come to the conclusion that the drastic "starve the beast" policies pushed by the Tea Partiers simply don't work.

Scataphagos · Oct 28, 2015

gwb-trading said:
Maybe the majority of the population have come to the conclusion that the drastic "starve the beast" policies pushed by the Tea Partiers simply don't work.

"Starve the beast" is what the Leftists and MSM calls them. Others say, "unsustainable"... and if we don't cut back, the end result will be "everybody gets nothing".

Everybody on the dole "screams bloody murder" at the prospect of the smallest cut-back (or even "not getting an increase"). But when the choice becomes "take a 20% haircut or lose everything", even the dumbest and most greedy can make the proper choice.

Tsing Tao · Oct 28, 2015

gwb-trading said:
Maybe the majority of the population have come to the conclusion that the drastic "starve the beast" policies pushed by the Tea Partiers simply don't work.

Yeah, I'm forced to agree with Scat here. Please show me where intelligent austerity has been implemented and failed. And don't point out Kansas, because simply dropping taxes across the board without cutting spending first doesn't do anything but drive a deficit.

Scataphagos · Oct 28, 2015

Tsing Tao said:
I'm forced to agree with Scat here.

Forced? You don't usually agree with me? I thought you did.

Frederick Foresight · Oct 28, 2015

Tsing Tao said:
And don't point out Kansas, because simply dropping taxes across the board without cutting spending first doesn't do anything but drive a deficit.

Doesn't your comment shake the very foundation of the Reagan Economic Miracle? The one directly supported and vetted by Laffer then, and now in Kansas? If taxes are "too high" right now, doesn't that make it ripe for the Laffer curve to do its magic by raising government revenues as taxes are cut? That is its very premise. If its magic doesn't work even when taxes are "too high" then it's got no game.

Ricter · Oct 28, 2015

Frederick Foresight said:
Doesn't your comment shake the very foundation of the Reagan Economic Miracle? The one directly supported and vetted by Laffer then, and now in Kansas? If taxes are "too high" right now, doesn't that make it ripe for the Laffer curve to do its magic by raising government revenues as taxes are cut? That is its very premise. If its magic doesn't work even when taxes are "too high" then it's got no game.

Well said. Besides, Kansas has been cutting spending.