Tea Party On Tax Day

April 15. 2009

On a day many are filing their tax forms in America, some are also attending prearranged “tea parties” to protest President Barack Obama’s massive spending bills and $3.5 trillion dollar budget. “Tea” stands for “Taxed Enough Already.”

It is a throw back to colonists dumping tea in Boston Harbor, protesting British taxation of American colonies. It has been reported, Democrats are dismissing the protests, but they need to listen to what people are saying, as the government is spending an alarming amount of money.

Anti-Obama 'tea party' protests mark US tax day

NEW YORK (AFP) — Critics of President Barack Obama marked national tax day with "tea party" protests that Republicans called the birth of a grassroots opposition, but Democrats dismissed as a fraud.

Modest crowds gathered under blustery skies in Washington, Miami, New York and Boston, with several thousands meeting in Sacramento, California, to protest taxes, government bailouts and Obama's big-spending budget proposals.

Organizer Eric Odom said protests were to take place in almost 800 cities in a "new day for the freedom movement."

The demonstrations, styled on the famed 1773 Boston Tea Party revolt against British colonial taxes, came as Americans rushed to meet the annual deadline for filing income tax returns.

Protests featured tea bags, iced tea and other tea-related props, complete with a planned re-enactment of the original dumping of tea into Boston harbor....

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US economy weak: Fed

Apr 15 01:22 PM - Economic activity in the United States contracted further or remained weak amid prolonged recession, the Federal Reserve said in its Beige Book report Wednesday.

Studies indicate that "overall economic activity contracted further or remained weak" although five of 12 districts surveyed noted a "moderation in the pace of decline," the report said...

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