A Tea Party Post

From a link from Instapundit, I found this. I think it's what the movement needs: concrete goals. This guy's idea is that they should be simple and there should be no more than ten. His are:

1. A moratorium on bailouts, whether for Wall Street bankers, General Motors, or the irresponsible guy down the street who "bought" too much house. "Failures must be allowed to fail."

2. Repeal of all "Stimulus" spending for the years 2011 and beyond.

3. Repeal of all "Stimulus" pet projects in 2009-2010 with no stimulative effect.

4. Defeat of the Obama 2010 budget, with a new budget set at 2008 levels plus inflation. We've already spent too much money that we don't have.

5. Defeat of any politician who voted for the February "Stimulus" bill.

6. Complete selloff and shutdown of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and an immediate ban on campaign contributions from both, as well as any other firm in Federal receivership.

All of them are good goals that I could get behind. Personally, I find goals that are more general appealing. I would go with something like these:

1) An amendment that requires congress to decide amount of money they'll spend before they go about allocating it. That'll really tie 'em up.

2) A repeal of the 16th amendment (the income tax).

3) Term limits for congress.

Then the ones from the top.

I hope something more than, "We're pissed, YEAH!" comes out of this. Maybe the Republicans get a little discipline or a legitimate third party that actually supports limited government arises from these Tea Parties. That'd be nice.