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How will the Tea Parties solve the nation's economic problems?

What's a good way to gauge the economic relevance of Wednesday's Tea Parties?

Use a question University of Connecticut Political Science Professor Howard Reiter asks his students to deploy: "What practical impact will this policy have on the typical person's daily life?

We know the practical impact of President Obama's policies. Since the Tea Parties expressed concern about taxes, let's focus on that issue. Obama's tax policy will cut taxes on 95 percent of Americans and raise taxes on those earning more than $250,000 per year, with some exceptions for small businesses.

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Are tea baggers traitors or spitballers?

There seem to be a few folks with too much time on their hands and a huge amount of frustration over losing last November. And tomorrow they're going to have a little party -- a nationwide protest in 500 cities and towns is scheduled for Wednesday -- to let everyone know just how angry they are. I support their right to express their opinion about how the government is spending "their" money. As long as they pay their taxes, their tea bagging ceremonies are a little bit like throwing spitballs in a sixth grade history class.

If tea baggers were real patriots though, they would come up with real alternatives to fix the problems about which they're complaining. As best as I can tell, the teabaggers were inspired by an on-air rant by CNBC's Rick Santelli back on February 19 who complained that Obama's $75 billion bailout of mortgage defaulters "rewarded bad behavior." Interestingly, Santelli has no problem with the other $12.725 trillion -- out of a total of $12.8 trillion -- being spent to bail out Wall Street's bad behavior.

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