Tea Parties

There are tea parties then there are tea parties.  There's the innocent version where I have family or friends over to drink all varieties of teas accompanied by assorted baked high caloric naughtiness (my personal favorite).  Then there's the version where a crowd of ne'er-do-wells (mostly retired) go to the state capitol and dangle unused tea bags in protest of taxes or some such thing.  

Of course, with the most recent national report that our state is #5 in foreclosures, #3 in unemployment and #1 in the highest combination of foreclosures, unemployment and taxat

ion it's a small wonder.

Nevertheless, my question for all these folks is do you have a better idea?  In spite of our high tax status, our schools are closing, teachers are being let go, governments are cutting back on all sorts of services and the Arts and culturally-oriented non-profits are being left by the wayside. 

So what in the hell is the answer?  I'm fine with protesting if you have a better idea.  

Simply eliminating taxes without some other way to fund all of these necessities and more is not "the" or even "an" answer.  When I protested the 

Vietnam War, it was with the intention that we would withdraw since it was a pointless exercise that was killing more and more innocent American men and women on a daily basis.

This is different, people simply insisting that taxes be cut doesn't solve any problems but their own.  If they think that's the answer to save their children's or grandchildren's future, they've got another "think" coming.  There may just be nothing left to save.