Mitch Perry Report – 11.26.14
When the Tea Party evolved in early 2009 and soon became a force locally and nationally in our politics, their dominant thrust was anger about excessive government spending. The escalating federal debt and deficit were said to be catalysts, but the anger, we were told, wasn’t about President Obama per se, but about Big Government overall. The 2008 financial bailouts were said to be what really set off the populist anger. And those bailouts did anger people on the left…