Tea Party vs Libertarian Party platform chart?
I am looking for a chart that shows the differences and similarities of the tea party and the Libertarian Party.
Thanks
I am looking for a chart that shows the differences and similarities of the tea party and the Libertarian Party.
Thanks
Anonymous
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Try this. Hope it helps.
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/intersection/2011/08/17/new-data-tea-party-is-authoritarian-not-libertarian/
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Tea Party Vs Libertarian
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Libertarian Vs Tea Party
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TEA Partiers are typically the most extreme members of the Republican party, and far and away adhere to the Reagan ideal as it's been distorted by radio talk hosts. This includes a prominent role for religion, particularly evangelical Christianity, in political discourse and policies, as well as reduced social programs and increased defense/military spending.
Libertarians only agree with the reduced social program part of the platform. Most take the "live and let live" line of thought on social issues. Gay rights, abortion, marijuana, and more tend to be much more in line with the Democratic platform. Also, most libertarians view extensive law enforcement and a standing army as a threat to liberty, and so typically support a shift away from federal law enforcement and surveillance and a smaller military in favor of state/local police and national guard/reservist/militia models of military readiness.
Libertarians are really the bastard children of politics. No one really likes them because they don't neatly identify with any dominant ideology, but they're becoming more developed and prominent as time goes on, typically drawing from the Republican party's members who are... turned off by the Republican social platform.
Anonymous
The Tea Party is not a political party