Tea Party Patriots Poll: Up to 57 Million Conservative Activists in U.S.

“A random poll of online respondents.” In other words, an internet poll.

The Tea Party movement is similar to the popular movements that arose in response to the Tariff of Abominations Act of 1828 and the Morrill Tariff Act of 1861, which resulted in Abraham Lincoln’s violent invasion and overthrow of the “free, sovereign and independent States” guaranteed by the Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the peace treaty with Britain in 1783, which the U.S. Constitution stated was the supreme law of the land in Article VI, Section 2.
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Lincoln’s Tax War reduced the States to the status of colonies of the federal government, as they are today, with the average American paying over 40% in taxes on income, sales and property.

Lincoln, himself, declared in his First Inaugural Speech on March 4, 1861, one month before he invaded the territorial waters of South Carolina with 11 armed warships to occupy Fort Sumter, a tax collection fort:

“The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.” and
“I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.” http://www.nationalcenter.org/LincolnFirstInaug…

Southerners paid over 80% of all Federal taxes, almost all import taxes, and the North received 80% of the tax revenue to subsidize Northern bankers and inefficient industries. Lincoln promised, if elected, to raise the import tax on Southerners to over 40% from the current 20% and did so in the Morrill Tariff Act of 1861. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrill_Tariff

Every person in the South, slave or free, rich or poor, who bought for example, an iron frying pan, stove, plough, shovel, boiling pot, axe, saw, musket, etc. would have to pay over 40% import tax, if bought from Europe, or 40% more in price, if bought from Northern manufacturers.

The Southern States were escaping from Lincoln’s oppressive taxes. South Carolina had already threatened to withdraw from the Union when Congress passed the “Tariff of Abominations” in 1828, which also raised taxes on the Southern people from 20% to 40%, but the Federal government backed down and returned the tax rate to 20%. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariff_of_1828

Every American probably has some dissatisfaction with government and/or elected officials. To assume that all of their complaints follow the same philosophical path is ludicrous. Sounds like Mrs. Thomas is a good match for Clarence.

Ooh, a Confederacy sympathizer – crawl back under your rock, please,

Thanks for this. It's crucial to at least try to understand how members of the Tea Party movement perceive themselves, and data like this gives us an inkling.

Thanks for this. It's crucial to at least try to understand how members of the Tea Party movement perceive themselves, and data like this gives us an inkling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eiz4u0ilLA

Joe Tegerdine is running for Congress in Mississippi. He is highly supported by the tea party, 9-12 groups, ETC… groups but he needs some funds to keep up with the PAC funds to re-elect the puppet career politicians. He has been partially shunned by the republican party because he won't roll over for them. He is a citizen's candidate please support him. http://www.joetegerdine.com