Compared to a little less than half of everyone else 60 of tea partiers. We asked if it is the responsibility of government to reduce these income differences are not. We see a very huge difference 80 of tea pertiers do not believe it is the partiers do not believe it is the role of government to redistribute wealth. If it is their view that this is a land of equal opportunity regardless of background, and the reasons why they might not also think it is the responsibility of the government to redistribute wealth. This is where we see probably the most striking difference. We asked about those in this country who are poor how good of a chance to they have for escaping poverty . This is a striking difference. 57 of tea partiers think these individuals have a very good chance of escaping poverty compared to only 33 of nontea party supporters. 67 think the poor have very little chance of escaping poverty. This is so striking that i wanted to delve a little deeper into the data and look at