Third exercise. Criticism of website.

I chose to review the official Tea Party website. I base my criticism on the content or ideals of the Tea Party, not the actual lay out of the site. Having a political science background, not a technological background, I felt it was apropos.
The criticism lies within the first two lines. The Tea Party calls themselves believers of "time-honored American values, principles, and systems". My understanding is that the Tea Party assumes that less government in big business is the path America's future should follow for salvation. I understand the point they are trying to make, that America was founded on the principle of freedom from monarchy rule, and the taxes that were imposed by the incumbent government without any representation to influence our economic future. But, that is only the beginning. The Constitution was also based the notion that ALL men were created equality, and should be treated as such. In my opinion the Tea Partier's believe that government regulation should be lessen within the economy is contradictory to this founding principle.
I feel that regulation is reduced that big business will become another tyrant that our founding fathers fought against. Unchecked greed creates a poverty vacuum that is almost impossible to escape. If the rich increasing get richer and the poor get increasing poorer there would never be room for growth within a certain social class. Inherited wealth would soon dominant the "free-market" and there would not be much chance at changing that. If the government were to step back and deregulate all economic sanctions, monopolies would amass, minimum wage would plummet, etc. The U.S. could become a country similar to China. I mean low wages, and harsh work conditions would become the norm. I agree that is a bit far-fetched, but a possibility if the Tea Party agenda were to be adopted and left unchecked.
That brings me to my second point, checks and balances. Our government is in fact a republic, not a "true democracy". It is written in to our Constitution that no one power would gain too much control. The founding father's built in separation of powers, judicial review, and the electoral college to balance any one branch of the government against another. Where I am going with this is this, if our economy was to be deregulated that would cause one power, big business, to go beyond the reach of checks and balances that our government is created upon.
Greed can be a powerful force. Powerful enough to be dictate decisions, and build a tyrannical class if left unsuppressed. But that is just my opinion.