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[quote=sreeb]
The Tea Party fought the good fight and lost.
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I think the Tea Party won at a cost to all of us.
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So far they have cut $23B from a 2012 deficit of $1500B. That is 1.5% of the deficit, less than 1% of yearly spending. Basically nothing. In my book, they lost.