The Great American Tea Party
The latest surge of American populism is being financed by some extremely wealthy men who favor cutting taxes for the super-rich and abolishing government subsidies for the poor. They have married their agenda to many white Americans' fear and resentment stemming from their loss of economic power and social status.
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NEW YORK – Who were those flag-waving, cheering, hollering, singing, and praying Americans who gathered in Washington DC on the last Saturday in August at a rally to “restore the honor” of the United States? This tax-free jamboree of patriotism was ostensibly non-partisan (otherwise it could not have been tax-free). The main organizer and speaker was Glenn Beck, the right-wing populist radio and TV personality, who promised to restore not only the nation’s honor, but “American values,” too.