Tea Party friends...

I am reading the news and trying to digest what happened with the Tax Cuts and a question popped into my head as I try to sort through who believes what, and where I stand. And so, I ask my Tea Party friends--is the Tea Party anti-deficit, anti-tax or both?

I don't intend this to be a "gotcha" question. It is a serious question that I am unsure of how to answer myself. Or, is it unintentionally a "gotcha" question in that there is no good answer? So, to my friends who are Tea-Partiers...and there are quite a few of you, please respond, as I would like insight into the mindset that I cannot myself fathom.