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Eric R
Lv 6
Eric R asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 10 years ago

What do the OWS movement and the Tea Party have in common?

They have A LOT of similarities between the two. What do you see?

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  • 10 years ago
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    They both want less government control and influence over business. However, after that, they are completely opposite.

    The Tea Party believes in personal responsibility. OWS believes that no one (except the successful) should ever be held accountable for their choices.

    The Tea Party believes in less government interference in our daily lives. OWS would like the government to control everything we do (as long as it's what they want, of course).

    The Tea Party is filled with hard-working people who got where they are through their own efforts. OWS consists of mainly spoiled rich kids and lazy losers (sometimes one in the same).

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  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    Tea Party members. Successful people retired. And dead against big government.

    OWS members. Digustingly filthy manipulated Sheep, Driven by anarchist.

    Not a damn thing in common what so ever.

  • 10 years ago

    The OW's are whiners for redistribution of wealth.

    The Tea Party are criers for freedom.

    MR

  • Lady
    Lv 4
    10 years ago

    Tea Party: Wants power returned to the people (less power for govt).

    OWS: Wants power returned to the people (less power for wall street/1%).

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  • Sathi
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    Not a lot. The Tea Party is well-dressed, clean shaven, body odor-free, can form complete, coherent sentences about their cause, and tidy up after themselves. And at last report, they didn't rape anyone.

    Then you had the OWS crowd...

  • Ending the Federal Reserve Bank cartel might be one.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    10 years ago

    They represent the people rather than the corporations.

  • 10 years ago

    OWS represents the 99% of which the tea party is included

    the tea party represents the wants of people they've never met...the 1%

  • shina
    Lv 5
    10 years ago

    Both displeased with mess in economy left by Dumbya/Cheney 8 years of insanity

  • 10 years ago

    Their both full of annoying, pretentious bell clangers that have all the charm of a southern tent revivalist. They both engender that creepy feeling when you accidentally let a couple Jehovah's Witnesses get their foot in the door.

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