Steven Polachek, lawyer for Tea Party Republican Joe Walsh accidently gave up the game. In defending his client's default on child support he said "Joe Walsh hasn’t been a big-time wage-earner politician until recently". That is pretty much all you need to know about the Tea Party. The average salary for rank file members of the House and Senate is $174,000. Not bad if you include the Cadillac government health care plan. Great if you include the revolving door bennies. Joe couldn't make it as a wage earner or a job creator in the private economy, so he turned to the best get rich quick scheme going. Koch brothers sponsored Tea Party Republican. Now he's a Big-Time Wage-Earner Politician. I guess now he won't have such a hard time paying his child support.