Wasting Taxpayer Dollars?
By Debra McCownAbingdon, Va. – The conservative backlash has begun.
About 400 people filled the green at the Abingdon Farmers Market and another 200 turned out at the Bristol Farmers Market Wednesday to protest massive government spending.
In the spirit of a 1773 protest during which American colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor to demonstrate their displeasure with British taxation, participants wore tea bags and talked about the sacrifices made for freedom; they said Congress and President Barack Obama’s administration are putting hard-won constitutional liberties in jeopardy.
“Today we’re sending a loud and clear message to our legislators, and our government. The message that we are sending today is that we are tired of your spending. This money comes from us … and we expect you to be frugal with every dime that you spend using our money,” said Michelle Jenkins, who spoke at the Abingdon Tea Party event to cheers and applause.
“The burden of debt is not only ours, but it is on the generations of children in our future. They have tax bills over their head before God even gives them the breath of life into their bodies. …Now that’s taxation without representation.”
The crowds in Abingdon, Bristol, Johnson City and Kingsport were among hundreds that turned out for “tax day tea parties” sponsored by a host of conservative organizations around the nation.
In Bristol, the TEA party acronym stood for “Taxed Enough Already.”
“This is taxation without deliberation, and we will not tolerate it,” said Bristol rally organizer Brian Rieck before throwing two Styrofoam coolers painted to look like boxes of tea into Beaver Creek. “We love our country, and we are here to take it back.” [link]
"This is taxation without deliberation." That's really the crux of it, isn't it? We're not anti-government. We're anti-waste and anti-corruption. And the federal government now, more than ever, represents both.
Great turnout. Great message.
Great day.
4 comments:
Oh, but according to DHS we're antigovernment extremists because we happen to favor state and local authority to the bloated federal bureaucracy.
Right... anti-waste, anti-corruption... that is why 99% of the idiots that attended these teabaggings voted Bush for 2 terms... since they are soooo very serious about government waste and corruption...
Give me a break.
Sour grapes... that could've summed up the entire article.
Drew
Hey Charlie, I would assume that you were supportive of Bush's wiretapping and anti-terrorism programs... which makes your comment all the more rich!
Drew
Drew,
Did you see that stat in a newspaper of did you just make it up? I say the people voted for Obama 3-1 and are now upset with whats he's done. And the dems are frightened.
Keep um coming Drew, your sci-fi is a hoot!
...Al...
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