Poll: Teabaggers more likely to be on public dole than average American.

Poll: Tea partiers fear socialism, but love Social Security and Medicare
by Jed Lewison

Thu Apr 15, 2010 at 09:50:03 AM PDT

According to a new poll from CBS and the New York Times, 92% of tea partiers are scared that America is moving towards socialism -- but in a strange twist, most of them seem to like it.

Despite the fear that socialism is coming to America, 62% of tea party supporters also support Social Security and Medicare. In fact, nearly half of them either benefit from Social Security or Medicare or have somebody in their immediate family who does. And about one-third are directly beneficiaries at least one of the programs, compared to about one-fifth of the population at large.

Some other highlights from the poll (NYT, CBS):

18% of Americans say they are tea party supporters.
66% of tea party supporters say they usually or always vote Republican. (Just 5% vote Democratic.)
73% say they are conservative.
41% believe Barack Obama was born in the United States.
While 65% believe the Obama Administration treats blacks and whites equally, 56% believe it favors poor people over the middle-class and rich.
89% are white and 52% believe too much attention is paid to the problems facing African-Americans.
59% have a favorable view of Glenn Beck compared to 6% who view him unfavorably. (Among all Americans, the numbers are 18% and 17%.)
63% say they get most of their political news from Fox News Channel.
66% have a favorable view of Sarah Palin, compared to 12% who view her unfavorably. (Among all Americans, the numbers are 30% and 45%.)
24% believe citizens can be justified in taking violent action against the government.
52% believe the federal income taxes they pay are fair.
84% of the tea partiers believe their views reflect those of most Americans, but only 25% of all Americans agree (remember: 18% are tea partiers).

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most contribute to both for years - so the benefits are earned in my opinion.

:)

Must confess...I was using "their lingo" and borrowed the subject line from a tweet,courtest of a friendly liberal. http://twitter.com/markos/status/12233813675

They are earned, the problem I see with the tea party gang is that they think "republicans" will help them keep those programs, and in reality it's the republicans who have wanted to do away with them or privatize SS and medicare! Where would all those tea party people be now if SS had been privatized say 10 years ago, and that money had been in the stock markets like the republicans wanted to do with SS? What they don't seem to realize is that if republicans get back in charge in congress and later the WH, they will go back to doing the same things they were trying to do when Bush was in charge, and it won't be good for anyone, not even the tea party groups!

yet they are partaking in a government run system and they support the war in Iraq which is being executed by the military which is part of the government.

just askin'

:rofl:

A Tea Party 10-point guide to fighting socialism in your own life



(1) If you live in subsidized housing, like Gregory Lee Giusti , move. Into the street, if necessary. But not to a shelter. All shelters receive government support one way or another-either getting money directly from the government, using government-subsidized resources, or being subsidized via the tax code.

(2) If you're on food stamps, tear them up, throw them away, and don't get any more. Just starve. Food banks are a no-no, just like shelters. All non-profits are government subsidized through the tax code.

(3) If you're on Medicaid, or your children are on SCHIP, just say no! Pay out of pocket or get sick and die. Like the man said, "Give me liberty AND give me death!"

(4) If you are on Medicare, drop out. Refuse to use your Medicare card, and pay for all your medical expenses yourself. You can try to get medical insurance, of course. Good luck with that. Aside from supplemental Medicare coverage, you'll probably have to go to Switzerland, or something.

(5) Pull your kids out of school. Obviously, public schools are socialist. But so are charter schools that receive public money. And even purely private schools employ teachers who went to public school. Yes, I know it's shocking, but it's true! So, no school! It's socialist, through and through.

(6) Stay off the streets. Almost all streets, roads and highways in America are socialist. Private roads are incredibly rare, so unless you live on one, stay off the streets entirely. Besides, you can't buy gas without paying state and federal taxes.

(7) Stay off the sidewalks. They're just as socialist as the streets, if not moreso.

(8) Stop using municipal water. Municipal water is socialist. Use only commercial bottled water for cooking, bathing, clothes-washing, etc.

(9) Tell the fire department to screw off. Notify your local fire department that if your house catches on fire, you do not want them to come. They're socialists, after all. You'd rather have your children die a horrible death.

(10) Tell the police to screw off, too! Notify your local police department that you don't need their help if anyone steals your stuff, or tries to kill you or anything like that. In fact, you'll kill them if they try. You've warned them politely... this time!

So that's it, folks! Spread the message far & wide. No one can free you of socialism but you yourself!