Tea Party is made up of fed-up Americans

Reports of Mark Twain's death were greatly exaggerated. Likewise, those who think “our system is broken” are either not aware of the problem we face or they are not sufficiently disturbed by it to join the fight.

These are the same people who have been convinced through the 24/7 liberal media that the so-called Tea Party is to blame, reckless, practicing brinkmanship, out to score political points, or radical and racist.

Actually, the vast majority of those who identify with the Tea Party” are regular American citizens who have finally seen that the leaders of our country have ignored decades of warnings and spent us to near-oblivion through bribes and promises in order to be re-elected. Finally, there is an uprising of folks” screaming “stop!”

Business as usual is not what is happening! Nor is it the transparent, bipartisan change that Barack Obama promised us and failed to deliver.

This is the change you have been calling for: Stop the spending and the giveaways, balance the budget and replace the career politicians. The “system” is working.

The time has come for everyone to get involved - get disturbed - learn about the Simpson/Bowles suggestions - support Paul Ryan's plan and retire Obama.

But be prepared, the price of success will be high - the cost of failure is prohibitive.

Jay Kacena

Marion