The Big Lie.

I can understand big money and big business working for their own good. But how do they get away with using titles such as The Heritage Group, 'Voters Values', etc? Check out the following link and you can see that the shutdown we are going through was a well planned political ploy to gain some benefit for the Tea Party and their backers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/us/a-federal-budget-crisis-months-in-the-planning.html?pagewanted=all

It seems clear to me that these folks are working only in their own self interest, however misguided this is. Why are they so much against ObamaCare? It might cost them some money paying for employees health care and they see no benefit to themselves, since they have no problem with health care costs. Also I think they are against anything that might make Obama look good, for whatever reason.

Now, as I said, I can sort of understand people like the Koch Brothers thinking this way. I don't agree with it, but I can understand their greed. What they need is more oil subsidies, not health care costs. What I don't understand is the many middle class people who have bought into the Tea Party rhetoric, when it is not at all in their interest.

So, these folks succeeded in stopping the government for a week or so, which will cost hundreds of millions of dollars and pain to many hardworking Americans. Yet, they don't care if they can achieve a few political points from the situation. Why would anyone conclude that these people are working in the interest of the large middle of America.

I am not sure what the answer is, but I damn well can see that the Tea Party is not it.