Off to San Juan | National Catholic Reporter

Off to San Juan | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: The Tea Party opposition to the Affordable Care Act has nothing to do with not wanting government facilitating the health care market or even providing subsidies to the working poor to buy insurance. It is about repealing the tax provisions on non-wage income for families making over $250,000. In other words, it is about protecting their wealthy donors. They are what we call in the business "astroturf" - partisan hacks pretending to be a grass roots movement - often with expenses paid by people like the Koch Brothers. The facts that Obama is a son of Africa and that he is younger than most of them does not hurt their opposition either.