The reason the tea party were dismissed early was the fact it was a real "people" movement. The reason they are now called tea baggers is unbeknownst to most of them, they are now lackeys for the Koch brothers.
If you do not know what I am talking about read more and stop listening to the "mainstream" owned by 4-5 corporations media*.
*thank you Bill (not a real Dem) Clinton for the telecom bill and NAFTA.(sarcasm)
S&P might suck but they did in fact place the blame. Revenue, at its lowest point in over 50 years needs to be raised and the Pentagon / wars to to be reigned in. The Revenue part clearly is pointed towards the tea baggers and republicans and the Pentagon issue towards both retarded parties Dems and Repubs.
*In 1961 "real" corporate taxes and taxes on the wealthy were in the mid 40% after the first "million" made, atm "real" taxes on the wealthy are about *21% and corporations pay just over 11%.. It doesn't matter what the "tax rate" is, what matters is what is collected after all the loopholes are abused.
*If you are really wealthy and do no work at all but wait poolside for your capital gains check to come in, you are lucky if you pay 15% taxes.
Another issue is the fact States have been "bidding" against one another for businesses to come to their state, promising tax credits, refunds ++++. Retarded states keep slitting their own throats as the refunds and credits almost always outweigh the taxes taken in by "new jobs" and business.
Keep drinking the Koch brothers and their ilks kool aide as a middle class or working poor citizen.... they have billions of gallons of it to quench your thirst.
When your bills go up and your pay drops by 66% or more what do you expect