Enough Is Enough!!
This was the informal theme of the Greensboro, NC Tax Day Tea Party on April 15. My husband and I took the day off work to attend and it was WELL worth it.
Before I start, let me clear up a few things for any terrified libs who may be readying their standard talking points for the comments:
* I am not anti-tax. I want to pay my fair share for the LEGIT purposes of government, and see everyone else do the same. I am against the direction our country is headed with sky-high taxes and socialist control of our lives. I am against 40% of Americans paying no taxes at all, or negative taxes. I am fearful of the lives my children will live, burdened with the mistakes we make now.
* This didn’t just pop up yesterday…and we didn’t start getting angry on January 20. This has been building for some time. The government’s actions over the last 3 months have certainly escalated the anger, but we’ve been headed in a socialist direction since the Great Depression.
Okay? Good.
Hubby and I showed up just after 11am, and I started taking pictures. The crowd grew and grew. I’m not a good judge of crowds, but it was way bigger than I’d expected. I’m hearing estimates between 1000-2000. Oh, the estimates the media gave of 400? NO WAY.
The speakers were just local folks who had helped organize the tea party. A significant portion of the Declaration of Indepenence was read to the crowd. One speaker told the crowd he knew this event wasn’t just Conservatives….because he was a registered Democrat! We chanted a bit and cheered a LOT.
The signs were great. There were one or two I thought were too extreme, but that’s it. I didn’t see any protestors, but the media found them (suprise, suprise) and they made the news.
A petition (scroll) was sent around the crowd – once signed the organizers will be sending it to Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) to deliver to the White House. According to the organizer’s website, they got 798 signatures (so there, media). And yes, the signing was closely monitored.
The best picture of the crowd:
Crowd shot, GSO TDTP
My favorite sign:
Great sign from GSO TDTP
Go HERE to see all of my pictures from the event…mostly crowd shots and specific signs that I liked.
It was SO wonderful to be there…to know we are not alone in our feelings about where the country is going. I hope there will be more of these!!
