[gusopol3]

For gosh sake, I was just reading about that this AM in Gordon Wood's The Radicalism of the American Revolution. "Disinterestedness" of this type was the "Republican" ideal, supposedly dating back to Cato in Rome. Did you know members of Parliament weren't paid until 1911( I assume Commons as well as Lords)?

[gleeaikin]

With such a complete lack of payment I guess very few moderate income tea party people could afford to hold public office. And it has been my impression that this is largely a middle/lower middle class movement.