Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated - NYTimes.com

The problem with a trumped-up movement like the Tea Party is that followers get so caught up in belonging to the movement they even act against their own best interests. Consider that the biggest financial backers of the Tea Party are the Koch family and then maybe question how this is truly a "grassroots movement of average Americans."

Poll Finds Tea Party Backers Wealthier and More Educated - NYTimes.com ...Some defended being on Social Security while fighting big government by saying that since they had paid into the system, they deserved the benefits. Others could not explain the contradiction. “That’s a conundrum, isn’t it?” asked Jodine White, 62, of Rocklin, Calif. “I don’t know what to say. Maybe I don’t want smaller government. I guess I want smaller government and my Social Security.” She added, “I didn’t look at it from the perspective of losing things I need. I think I’ve changed my mind.”

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