Town Hall Anger Headed to Washington
By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers
The angry Americans expressing themselves at lawmaker town halls around the country are heading to Washington. A planned September 12 taxpayer march on Washington, initially focused on taxes and corporate bailouts, is gaining momentum from the recent town halls where the administration's healthcare proposal has been hit for being too big and expensive. Organizers are now expecting thousands to parade on the White House and Congress to demand that Washington keep taxes low. Initially a follow-up to the springtime tea parties, the Saturday "Taxpayer March On D.C." is bringing together "tea party patriots, 'Resistnet,' FreedomWorks, Campaign for Liberty, and a host of other limited-government groups to storm the Capitol," organizers say. A conservative organizer tells Whispers that "a lot of unhappy taxpayers are busing in from as far away as 700 miles" and that much of the crowd will include seniors worried about healthcare and personal finances.
On the organizing site for the march, http://912dc.org, buses are being chartered and hotel deals are being offered to those coming to Washington.
The national tea party will come right as Congress is returning to Washington to renew negotiations over the energy bill, healthcare reform, and multiple appropriations bills to fund the government. Some organizers are hopeful that enough people participate to send Congress a signal before voting on those proposals begins.
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Marching Fools?
Tell that to the brave soldiers of the last 40 years who have fought and died to kept your ass free to spew the garbage you write here. SHAME ON YOU MUSER. Perhaps you should read the Constitution and learn what our government was formed for and realize how out of control they have become. Maybe you are okay with losing your liberties but all of us marching on Washington want to preserve our Constitution. You sound a little scared, I think you will find that there are far more than a few thousand of us out here marching. This movement is for real and we are doing it for all true Americans (including you, if you are in fact an American).
We are all missing the real issue
The issue that America is facing today is we have elected a president that was not educated in our country as a child and never developed an American based value system. We all know that Barry did not come to the US until a teenager. His value system was formed long before he came to America to live with his grandparents.
Barry is trying to introduce policies that are foreign in concept to this country. American people and Obama are very different and Americans do not accept the destruction of our economy by an almost 800 billion dollar tax deficit and then printing a trillion dollars with no backing. Now demanding healthcare reduction rather than reform as is desperately needed.
Now the FCC appointee wants to reduce free speech and the appointed attorney general wants to reduce the CIA.
Barry if you can't realize what is needed in this country......just leave the keys on the desk and move out. We need a President for the next 3 1/2 years. The free world depends on America and this idiocy must end soon. Don't be offended, you had the opportunity to do something grand and your arrogant, inexperienced, foreign values have brought you to where you are today......
9/12
A national health insurance program or any type of universal coverage is not a Democratic or a Republican issue, it is a humanitarian issue that a country that supposedly cares about its citizens needs to address and produce. The administration's program is not flawless by any means, but instead of screaming at one another, the opposition needs to present alternatives that work and are viable.
And to Robert Provins of Maryland, liberals do have honor and integrity and we are patriots even if we don't vote the same ballot as you.
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