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Well, if my explorations here are any indication, it would seem to me that the Tea Party arose as a reaction to the perception of Obama's governance that would see higher taxes and spending priorities that would make most libertarians and conservatives cringe.
Basically, they're reacting against the government spending money on such initiatives as universal health care and the environment. It would seem that to give Tea Partiers what they want would be to lessen their tax load and balance the budget. But how the budget gets balanced is the big sticking point. It would require passing a series of constitutional audits.
In Canada, we can have higher taxes, higher spending on social programs, and still balance a budget (at least before 2008; however, the balancing of the budget is the goal currently).
It all comes down to values, perception of value, and whether you are willing to pay for things regardless on whether you take advantage directly or indirectly.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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