A Nation Like No Other, by Speaker Newt Gingrich: on Health Care


Tea Party: Civil society is reasserting itself at the ballot

Civil society is reasserting itself and indeed has begun energetically reclaiming its traditional role from government. The most potent force here, of course, is the tea party movement. Dedicated to countering the growing and unaccountable power of government, the tea party is a diffuse network of thousands of local organizations that is changing the way their fellow citizens and especially our elected leaders conceive of government power. Consider just one example of tea party activism: "The Ohio Project." This grassroots effort aims to gather support for a state constitutional amendment to preserve Ohioans' freedom to choose their health insurance. The project's organizers and volunteers are driven to action because ObamaCare, according to the group, is an "unprecedented concept of federal power [that] would redefine the nation as we know it." The tea party is demonstrating that the free institutions of civil society can reassert their rights and restore government to its limited role.
Source: A Nation Like No Other, by Newt Gingrich, p.133 Jun 13, 2011

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