Thursday 3 February 2011

The Tea Party at tea time

I had a hard time trying to figure out what arguments members of the Tea Party movement have concerning the health care reform. Local groups may have websites, but I think they are not that informative. Curious about the things I found there? Well, besides some children’s colouring books “for little patriots” which I am deliberately not linking to, I did not find a lot:

1. They do not like the reform.
2. They do not like it because it restricts their freedom of choice and contradicts “the American way”. It is against the Civil Rights.
3. Government must not spend people’s money on things they do not want.
4. They will try everything to achieve repeal.
5. They are afraid of socialism.
 
Unfortunately, that’s it. Here you can find related articles published by members of the movement, for a more neutral comment see this article from the Washington Post.  I could not find any reliable source with some more details. But I will keep my eyes open. In the meantime, take this as an impression of how against they actually are: