[Vision2020] Tea Party’s War on America

[Wayne Price]

Jay,

One of the things that no one seems to want to address is the "WHY" of  
groups like the tea party. I look at it as a matter of absolute  
frustration with EVERY level of government, not just the Feds.

Government as it is now  in my opinion cannot be trusted at any level,  
and I'm pretty sure that my opinion is shared by others throughout the  
nation.  Maybe it is just the perception of inept government,
and while perception  may or may not be true, they are real, for  
instance:

"The federal government gave away billions of dollars to bail out  
corporate America", banks, big business etc, etc,  where is the  
tangible benefit to the taxpayers?  In other words, where is MY bailout?
And now after dumping billions of dollars, the government say's there  
is a debit crisis. Ok, lets go get the money back from those that were  
bailed out!  Simplistic, yes. True, I don't know. But is the  
perception REAL, yes.

And then I looked into the FAA issues and read the story of the poor  
folks in Bradford PA possibly having their municipal airport possibly  
being closed and federal tax dollars cut off to them. The story then  
goes on to lament how it's nearly 90 miles to Buffalo NY to catch  
flights IF the airport is closed to commercial aviation.  No mention  
was made that Bradford is about 20 miles from the closest interstate!   
So, they HAVE  close access to an interstate highway, AND they want  
federal dollars to maintain what appears to be a very underutilized  
airport. So, basically they have an interstate AND a federally  
subsidized airport.  Would I personally trade the Moscow/Pullman
airport (the commercial side)  for close access to an interstate, you  
bet I would.

And it's not just at the federal level. As an example of a perception  
at the local level. The city now owns the 1912 building.  A lease/ 
contract was signed 5 years ago that contained a specific renewal  
clause, take it or leave it.
Now, five years goes by and rather than either party using that  
option, already agreed to five years ago,  a "new" lease/contract is  
agreed to without opening the lease/contract to the public under the  
guise of a "renewal".
What would have been wrong with opening up the process so that the  
city could in fact get other options rather than settling on an almost  
half million dollar bill over the next five years exclusively with the  
prior
leasee?  It's a perception, not necessairly true, but the perception  
is REAL.


THAT is  how groups like the  tea party take hold, one little  
perception at a time.