Ask LJ: Why does the Tea Party support Walker?

[asterroc]

Apparently the Tea Party supports Governor Walker's union busting. I don't get this at all. I thought the Tea Party was a conservative libertarian group. Shouldn't they resent the government interfering with and attempting to regulate how workers interact with employers? Or is their fiscal conservatism trumping their libertarianism?

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[q10.livejournal.com]

but here's the thing - even if you thinks that pro-union regulations impose undue burdens on corporations, you ought to be kinda annoyed about the hypocrisy of the government forcing that situation on corporations while exempting itself. if you don't like regulations, it seems like forcing the government to have to live with the inconvenience of its own regulations would be a good way to keep it reminded of the dangers of having too many of them.