The more I listen, the more I perceive the Tea Party agenda is ultimately an attack on democracy in America. Unlike the Founding Fathers, they have no respect for the necessity of government.
And a position of no compromise is the essence of tyrannical dictatorship.
What’s left would be brutal and cruel. Especially, for many of them, without their Social Security, in the aftermath.
And they’re afraid of socialism as an attack on the nation and its values? Think again.
Jnana's Red Barn 
In its initial stages, as founded by a couple of disgruntled stay-at-home moms, the Tea Party Movement was genuine. As big money moved in, under the guise of David and Charles Koch, the mom-and-pop outfit became big business, especially when the Koch brothers started buying politicians. Sadly, that’s the downside of a capitalistic society.
One we as voters can reverse, if we exercise some intelligence at the polls … and speak out afterward.