It's Not My Big Government, But Yours I Don't Like

Since the beginning of time, circa Jan. 20th, 2009, I have called the Tea Bagger's bluff when it comes to their self-described dislike of Big Government. Time and time again evidence has shown Tea Baggers do not loathe government services as much as they claim.  They only loathe other people getting welfare government services.

• Tea Bagger darling Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky made millions of dollars from Medicare.  He claims Medicare is unconstitutional and that it should be eliminated.  Well, eliminated except for the payments to doctors that is.  I guess it's nice to be a millionaire thanks to a single-payer health care program you think is illegal.

• Who can ever forget Republican Tea Bagger Sharron Angle in Nevada and the fact her entire life she enjoyed the benefit of government-run health care but endlessly campaigned against extending access to health care to anyone else.

• Congressman Stephen Fincher (R-TN) hates subsidies to people for health insurance. Tea Bagger Fincher makes $200,000/year in farm subsidies to do absolutely no work whatsoever. You see, government payments to him are fine.  It's the payments to other people he thinks is socialism.

• Tea Bagging blogger Mike Vanderboegh of Alabama, hates Big Government so much that he has called for people to violently overthrow the American government.  He hates this evil socialism stuff so much that he collects disability checks from the federal government.  Total tool.

• Republican Tea Bagger organizer and self-proclaimed leader of many Tea Bagger groups around the country, Diana Reimer of Pennsylvania, is so motivated by ending the modern welfare state that she uses Medicare for all her medical needs.

I could go on and on with examples of Tea Baggers loving Big Government because the list is infinite and not surprising.  Instead I'll just link to another poll showing Tea Baggers are so against government socialism that 70% of them do no want any cuts to Medicare or Social Security.  There is no way any other group other than Republicans could love Big Government and social services more and still get to be called small government conservatives.