'That ideological rigidity bore itself out when respondents .. blast .. the Troubled Asset Relief Program (a favorite target of tea partiers)'
Yup, plainly they are vicious right-wingers. Why else would they object to Washington shovelling shedloads of money into the pockets of the wealthiest people in the USA?
Just as well we have left-wingers who will rally to the support of the long-suffering and victimised bankocracy.
Strange times indeed.