Tea Party members are coming to talk to my class, what should I ask them? - General

[QUOTE=Falchion;30276314]"Lowering taxes will make amurrica unsustainable we wont have enough nukes and tanks to kill people". Yeah that would totally be your end if military taxing was reduced. You already have the biggest military and obviously even if its size was cut by 1/3 it's still gonna be larger than anything you're going to fight. Any world war 3 scenarios are completely unconnected to the military budget because it would be probably ran entirely on nukes. And those you have already enough. My point is you could very easily just lower the budget for killing people, stalking/surveiling on people and making things for killing people.[/QUOTE] we honestly dont' have the biggest army. we have the most high-tech army, that's why we're badasses. if we lower our military spending to nothing, we'd have to worry about people getting laser weapons before us! i want laser weapons ok, more military spending please.

[QUOTE=Soren;30277946]we honestly dont' have the biggest army. we have the most high-tech army, that's why we're badasses. if we lower our military spending to nothing, we'd have to worry about people getting laser weapons before us! i want laser weapons ok, more military spending please.[/QUOTE] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/d160c8f740cad88bd41656f4e5b6b3ec.png[/img] (This diagram shows the world's military expenditures)

[QUOTE=Ond kaja;30278678][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/d160c8f740cad88bd41656f4e5b6b3ec.png[/img] (This diagram shows the world's military expenditures)[/QUOTE] He said biggest not most expensive Like most things american, efficiency is somewhat lacking

Ask them about the FEMA death camps and why the NWO is going to kill everyone, for bonus points act super serious.

[QUOTE=Zeke129;30278743]He said biggest not most expensive Like most things american, efficiency is somewhat lacking[/QUOTE] This is true.

[QUOTE=s0beit;30277083]Bangladesh's child labor "problem"[/QUOTE] Implying child labor isn't a problem?

Ask them why they love taxes

What the heck? The Tea Party aren't republicans, but some weird form of them. I never knew the Tea Party was this bad.

I don't think they will really get involved in any sort of debate, they will probably just answer any questions about WHAT they believe and not WHY they believe it.

[QUOTE=Ond kaja;30278678][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/d160c8f740cad88bd41656f4e5b6b3ec.png[/img] (This diagram shows the world's military expenditures)[/QUOTE] Yes, But what percentage of the GDP is that? NK spend 25% of its on its military

[QUOTE=Zenpod;30284249]Yes, But what percentage of the GDP is that? NK spend 25% of its on its military[/QUOTE] IIRC China has the second largest GDP or GNP and also bas the largest military in the world. The U.S. has a serious problem with the industrial military complex, the government is spending billions each year on projects that are delayed for decades, or never even finished.

[QUOTE=Ond kaja;30278678][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/d160c8f740cad88bd41656f4e5b6b3ec.png[/img] (This diagram shows the world's military expenditures)[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/JE2lY.png[/IMG] we just need to pay our soldiers less money

You need less soldiers, guns and tanks :colbert: What exactly do you need the excessive amount of them for?

Liberating small middle eastern countries duh.

Freedom or security

[QUOTE=Splarg!;30272240]Make sure you wear one of these awesome new Tea Party shirts: [url]http://imvotingteaparty.com/[/url] [img]http://imvotingteaparty.com/img300/earthflat.png[/img][/QUOTE] The Let Gays Vote one is toeing the line. Someone's going to wear it unironically. :v:

ask them what its like to be nazis

[QUOTE=Gaza Pen Pal;30284704]we just need to pay our soldiers less money[/QUOTE] they hardly get paid shit as it is, it's only been improving but it's still pretty bad, needs to be less benefits that you can't control and more cold hard cash so you can take real control of your own life imo

Ask them if they know about their opposing party, the lemonparty. If they say no show them their website.

Ask them to prove the existence of god.

[QUOTE=Ond kaja;30278678][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/d160c8f740cad88bd41656f4e5b6b3ec.png[/img] (This diagram shows the world's military expenditures)[/QUOTE] France has a military?

[QUOTE=Falchion;30284836]You need less soldiers, guns and tanks :colbert: What exactly do you need the excessive amount of them for?[/QUOTE] Because we are a world superpower and all this shit is left over from the cold war.

Ask them how the hell our nation would pay for anything without the taxes they hate so much.

[QUOTE=Splarg!;30272240]Make sure you wear one of these awesome new Tea Party shirts: [url]http://imvotingteaparty.com/[/url] [img]http://imvotingteaparty.com/img300/earthflat.png[/img][/QUOTE] Mother of god, PLEASE tell me this is satirical.

[QUOTE=ZenX2;30276206]Ask about their opinion of big government. They'll probably say they want small government while simultaneously saying abortions should be illegal.[/QUOTE] This is exactly what I would ask. I get so frustrated when I see Republicans or Tea Partiers or whoever preaching about small government, but then completely contradicting themselves by wanting laws against "issues" like gay sex or abortion. I tend to lean to the right on economic policy, and I just don't get how somebody who values economic freedom can simultaneously slam social freedom. It seems so damn hypocritical to me. [QUOTE=Gaza Pen Pal;30284704]we just need to pay our soldiers less money[/QUOTE] :argh:

[QUOTE=SpartanApples;30303569]France has a military?[/QUOTE] You can't surrender without a military silly!

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;30314672]This is exactly what I would ask. I get so frustrated when I see Republicans or Tea Partiers or whoever preaching about small government, but then completely contradicting themselves by wanting laws against "issues" like gay sex or abortion. I tend to lean to the right on economic policy, and I just don't get how somebody who values economic freedom can simultaneously slam social freedom. It seems so damn hypocritical to me. :argh:[/QUOTE] Actually they'd probably only say "we want Obama out of the whitehouse" and "down with tyranny" and "down with socialism." They don't know what the fuck they stand for, nor what the people who represent them do. Ask them what they are going to do when Obama is gone. They won't have an answer, they haven't thought that far ahead yet

[QUOTE=SteelReal;30272556]Or it's just that the media focuses only on the idiots.[/QUOTE] Then they should focus on themselves.

ask them to define communism and socialism, and compare and contrast the two.

Ask them what they think about transhumanism, personal genetic engineering, the right of people to turn themselves into multidicked furries and machine sentience.