A new American tea party : the counterrevolution against bailouts, handouts, reckless spending, and more taxes

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A new American tea party : the counterrevolution against bailouts, handouts, reckless spending, and more taxes

John M. O'Hara

John Wiley & Sons, c2010

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-299) and index

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The tax protester manifesto, written by a leading organizer of the tea party protests On April 15, 2009, a grassroots contingency of Americans that would soon become known around the world as the Tea Party made front-page news. Angered by years of excessive government spending-taxpayer financed bailouts of businesses deemed too big to fail and taxpayer handouts to special interest groups-Americans of all ages and all walks of life took to the streets to take back their country. A New American Tea Party: The Counterrevolution Against Bailouts, Handouts, Reckless Spending, and More Taxes is their story, and it's your guide for contributing to the movement to rein in government spending. The book * Summarizes the Tea Party movement * Explains how the Tea Party protests were organized * Presents a call to action for continuing protests and describes how to best coordinate them The debt resulting from today's reckless government spending will eventually result in massive tax hikes. A New American Tea Party shows how to focus your outrage into a productive movement that will make a positive difference.

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Bailout Nation: A Spending Timeline xi Foreword xxi Preface xxv Chapter 1 The Tea Parties 1 Unorganized Organizers 2 From Stewing to Brewing 4 The Planning 6 Game Day 11 We re All Community Organizers Now 12 The Tax Day Tea Parties 13 Institutional Organization 13 Striking a Balance 15 Internal Complications 16 No, Really, We re Nonpartisan 16 Bureaucrats and Permits 17 April 15, 2009: The Million-Taxpayer March 18 Chapter 2 How We Got Here: Abandoning Principles and the People 21 Touting versus Learning from Reagan 22 1994: The Revolution That Wasn t 28 The Quasi-Conservative Presidency of George W. Bush 33 How to Pretend You Are Something You Aren t 35 Meltdown 35 2008 Election 36 Hope and Change We Can Believe In 38 A Center-Right Nation 38 Chapter 3 The Whistling Teapot: The Financial Crisis and the Bailout Nation 41 The Original Sin: The CRA 42 The Tax Code 43 Easy Money 43 Take a Loan off Fannie 44 Crisis 46 Bailouts, Handouts, and Corporate Welfare 47 Baby You Can Buy My Car 48 Newspapers Bailouts 48 Balance Sheet 49 Account Overdrawn 49 Chapter 4 The Political Class Reacts 51 Memo from the White House: You Just Don t Get It 52 From the Department of Homeland Security: A Preemptive Strike 54 Congress Claims We re All Astroturf 62 Straight from the Economist-in-Chief Himself 64 The Response from the Right 68 Others Show a Healthy Respect 70 Out of the Loop 71 Chapter 5 The Media Strikes Back 73 Media Blackout 74 Mr. Obama, Are You Watching? 75 Propaganda and Disinformation 79 Sexual Slurs 82 Bad Comedy, Worse Commentary 85 The Racism Straw Man 88 By the Numbers 94 The Media Market Reacts 94 So You Think You Can Politic? 97 Chapter 6 Radical Ideas 99 Part I: You Earn It, We Spend It 101 Part II: The Intrusion 117 Sliding Down the Slippery Slope 138 Chapter 7 Radical Tactics 141 The Playbook 143 The Organizers 144 The Enforcers 151 Sharp Distinctions 173 Chapter 8 The Teapot Boils Over: Health Care Takes Center Stage 175 The Health Care Policy Debate 176 The Government Solutions 177 Real Reform 181 Now or Never 182 Something s Fishy 184 Dems Feel the Heat 185 Overwhelming Public Response 186 Town Halls 187 What Happened to Democracy in Action ? 188 Pay No Attention to the Doctors! 190 Don t Anger the Trial Lawyers! 191 White House Spin and Spam 192 Axelrod s Turf 194 Mobilizing Union Muscle 195 Lying to Grandma 196 Free-Range or Free-Market? 197 Fannie Med? 199 A Civics Lesson for Congressmen 200 Chapter 9 The Tea Party Manifesto 203 Not Our Turf 204 Who They Are and What They Believe 206 A New Avenue 208 Popular, Not Populist 210 Dispelling False Dichotomies 212 On the Role of Government 213 Not Anti-Tax 215 Rejection of Bailouts, Handouts, and Wealth Redistribution 217 Personal Responsibility 219 The Ideology of Change 223 A Rejection of Class Warfare: The Unholy Trinity 224 The Rejection of False Prophets 226 Rejection of the Entitlement Ethic 229 Common Sense over Regulation 231 Rejection of the Mediocrity Ethic 231 The Counterrevolution: From Theory to Practice 233 Chapter 10 Rules for Counterradicals 235 The 9/12 Taxpayer March 237 Arguing from an Imperfect Status Quo 238 Honing the Message 240 Mastering the Art of Rallies 242 Utilizing Coalitions 245 Coordination not Competition 246 Promoting Principles over Personalities 247 Keeping Your Cool in a Fiery Debate 248 Using Social Networking 249 Looking beyond the Rallies 250 Taking Consistent, Principled Action 250 Maintaining Accountability and Transparency 251 Taking It to the States 252 The Right Ideals and the Right People 256 In Conclusion 258 Notes 261 About the Author 301 Index 303

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