Modern-day taxation without representation.

"The original tea party was in response to taxation without representation." This was the argument Bill Clinton asserted when asked about the current tea party movement. While the current protesters are challenging taxation by their officials, he continued. Well, that was true; however, the founders weren't protesting for representation in the house of commons. In fact, some colonies passed resolutions which insisted that the colonies could not be bound by any tax not passed by the colonies themselves. That is, they wanted not only representation, but governing control.

Much the same is occurring today. We find out that in 2010, federal income tax payers are now less than fifty percent of the population. Taxpayer's are America's newest minority. Yet Congress is represented by the votes of all citizens. Even non-taxpayers. Even people who not only pay no taxes but actually recieve a refund. All are represented eqaully at the ballot box, one vote.

Once taxpayers are less than half of the voters, they become unrepresented in the same way the founders knew they would still be unrepresented by being given seats in Parliament.

I fouby that many tea parry members have come to this position yet, but they will. Currently they are protesting constitutional abuses by the current administration, but they are not Republicans. Yhey simply want the government to run the way it was intended, by staying out of their lives.

These abuses aren't going away however, and the tea party isn't likely to either. Once the majority of non-taxpayers begins to throw around its electoral weight, don't be surprised to see the tea partiers call for "no taxation without representation", And they will be right.