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Wheres the Tea Party? Their mission was to save America from the existential threat of our time, the deficit. The Tea Party claimed that without drastic spending reductions, America would go bankrupt and become Greece.

The GOP shut down the government twice, demanded a balanced budget constitutional amendment, refused benefits to 9/11 victims and implemented automatic cuts called sequester. They questioned paying veterans, funding jobs bills, spending on infrastructure or health care reform. They proposed cuts to Social Security and Medicare, and opposed any spending that added a penny to the deficit.

Now Republicans are in charge. That stuff about Greece, just kidding. Our leader now says, Debt is our friend. What do we hear from the Tea Party? Crickets!

The nonpartisan CBO estimates the cost/losses to taxpayers: The GOP proposed:

The Tea Party was the classic GOP con. Oppose using obstruction and starvation, grab power and reward your rich benefactors. Somebody still has to ask, however: Whos going to pay for this?

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Where's the Tea Party when nation needs it? - Greensboro News & Record