Tea Party policies lead to more prison, more gun deaths, more std's and more teen pregnancy

[Tom Sawyer]

That's just something the Tea party says.

 

[boneyard bill]

I haven't the foggiest idea of what point you are trying to make with this post.

I was adding the two other tenants of the Tea Party. This whole 'adhere strictly to the constitution' can't be done quite perfectly without the aforementioned ignoring of 240 years of Constitutional Law history.

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What does any of this have to do with the Tea Party? Jindal was not a Tea Party endorsed candidate. As far as I know he has no affiliation with the Tea Party. What Tea Party groups have even taken positions on the issues raised here? Of course, anyone can organize and put "tea party" in their name, but I don't believe that the major Tea Party groups have positions on these issues.

The major principles of the Tea Party movement are 1. balance the budget and 2. adhere strictly to the constitution. I'm not aware that they take any position on more particular issues like birth control or sex education or the confederate flag or countless other issues that clog the mainstream media.

So you are saying that Tea Party Republicans don't have a position on the issues mentioned in the OP?

No, BB is talking about the original Tea Party just before 2009. Back then it comprised of nearly 200 Ron "the king maker" Paul fanboys and they got together and had a demonstration that no one noticed.

This "movement" was then hijacked by the radicals in the Republican party to create a "grassroots" Fox News protest.

Another totally undocumented and misleading claim. Ron Paul did have a fundraising "Tea Party money bomb" back in 2007. It was hardly insignificant as it raised $6 million for his campaign in a single day, but the connection between that event and the newer Tea Party movement is tenuous at best.

 

[Samhain]

I'm not aware of the various Tea Parties taking a position on most of the issues attributable to Jindal in this post. It's sort of like blaming the Occupy Wall Street movement for California's debt problem because Jerry Brown and Occupy Wall Street are in the rough general area of each other political philosophy.

You're right, Jerry Brown and Occupy Wall Street have equally as little to do with California's debt problem, so I'm not sure why anyone would blame either of them. Bobby Jindal rode the Tea Party wave into office, though, and has since implemented policies that align with Tea Party values. Now we are seeing the result of that social experiment.

"A study by the Violence Policy Center published in late January found the state also has the second-highest rate of gun deaths in the nation" - Also see: http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/06/gun_control_bobby_jindal_law.html

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"Additionally, though 16.6 percent of Louisiana residents lack health insurance, one of the highest rates of uninsured people in the country, Jindal refused the federally funded expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, and declined to set up a state-based health exchange. If the Supreme Court rules over the next few weeks against Obamacare’s federal subsidies, as many as 250,000 Louisianans could lose their coverage."

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"At the same time, the governor has given more than a billion dollars each year in tax breaks to wealthy corporations in the film, retail, and fracking industries. "

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So, let's see, anti-gun-control legislation, rejection of the ACA to the detriment of his own constituents, and a billion dollars in tax breaks for corporations leaving the state with deficit problems. These are all Tea Party values in action and, clearly, it is hurting the state. Meanwhile, despite his strange obsession with a rail line that probably very few people will actually use, Jerry Brown has turned deficits into surpluses for the state of California. It was the disastrous policies of Schwarzenegger that led to California's debt problems.

 

[boneyard bill]

I'm not aware of the various Tea Parties taking a position on most of the issues attributable to Jindal in this post. It's sort of like blaming the Occupy Wall Street movement for California's debt problem because Jerry Brown and Occupy Wall Street are in the rough general area of each other political philosophy.

You're right, Jerry Brown and Occupy Wall Street have equally as little to do with California's debt problem, so I'm not sure why anyone would blame either of them. Bobby Jindal rode the Tea Party wave into office, though, and has since implemented policies that align with Tea Party values. Now we are seeing the result of that social experiment.

"A study by the Violence Policy Center published in late January found the state also has the second-highest rate of gun deaths in the nation" - Also see: http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2013/06/gun_control_bobby_jindal_law.html

Check.

"Additionally, though 16.6 percent of Louisiana residents lack health insurance, one of the highest rates of uninsured people in the country, Jindal refused the federally funded expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, and declined to set up a state-based health exchange. If the Supreme Court rules over the next few weeks against Obamacare’s federal subsidies, as many as 250,000 Louisianans could lose their coverage."

Check.

"At the same time, the governor has given more than a billion dollars each year in tax breaks to wealthy corporations in the film, retail, and fracking industries. "

Check.

So, let's see, anti-gun-control legislation, rejection of the ACA to the detriment of his own constituents, and a billion dollars in tax breaks for corporations leaving the state with deficit problems. These are all Tea Party values in action and, clearly, it is hurting the state. Meanwhile, despite his strange obsession with a rail line that probably very few people will actually use, Jerry Brown has turned deficits into surpluses for the state of California. It was the disastrous policies of Schwarzenegger that led to California's debt problems.

Brown has papered over California's debt problems but they still have the lowest bond rating of any state in the union. California's debt problem preceded Schwarnegger but he kicked the can down the road just as Brown is doing.

Again show me where the Tea Party has actually endorsed any of the actions you accuse Jindal of promoting? Mind you, I'm not taking a position on Jindal's administration. The reporting here has all been one-sided. Nonetheless, I've not see where major Tea Party groups have gotten into issues like gun control or ACA, and I've never heard Jindal's name brought up as a favorite of Tea Party groups.

Again, people on this board are just making up what they think the Tea Party stands for because they read bad things about the Tea Party in their liberal publications. That is hardly very informed commentary.