The TEA Party was fun. I'll probably go to the next one, on the 4th of July. I might even help plan and prepare it, if I have time between summer classes and Army annual training.
My question is this: where is the movement headed? There is a lot of populist anger being displayed today in cities across America, directed against the status quo of our government- where will that anger be directed? In the short term, I assume the turnout numbers of the nationwide protesting may be used as a hammer to align the spending priorities of Congressmen more closely with their constituencies.** In the short term, I'm fine with that.
In the long term, though... I want to see a vision. I want to hear a plan of action. There's another Boise Tea Party planned for the 4th of July- by then I would hope that the movement has gone beyond protesting poor decisions to the point of offering solutions, promoting fiscal conservatism, and supporting candidates for office who reflect the desires of their constituencies.
**We've seen a little of that in Boise- Democrat Representative Walt Minnick recently declined to pursue earmarks for Idaho .
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