Are We Losing the American Way of Life?

What is Happening to Our Country?

The Albuquerque TEA Party, along with most other tea parties around the country, is Constitution based. We firmly believe the US Constitution, as written, is the foundation of this country's success. The Constitution:

• States and protects are natural rights
• Protects our citizen's from a tyrannical government
• Divides power up between three independent branches
• Provides democratic processes for both the citizens and the states
• And many other design creations to make a country run smoothly to the benefit of its citizens

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So, what has happened?

Those in power have worked to change the meaning of our Constitution to their advantage. We have lost - and are still losing - most of the benefits defined above.

• The Constitution states "natural rights", not government granted rights, such as right to healthcare, right not to hear speech which makes one uncomfortable, etc.
• The Constitution protects us from government. Opponents want to protect the government from the people.
• One branch to make the laws, one to carry them out, and one to settle questions and conflicts. Now, all three make laws. Some departments not only have their own police, but their own courts. Congress is too busy campaigning to make laws.
• The House of Representatives represent the people, the senate represents the states, and the electoral college is a combination of the two.

What is the TEA Party's position?
We believe in:

• Individual liberty (= Freedom + Responsibility)
• Smaller federal government
• States rights
• Return to the three branches of government concept

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