Posted on 02/08/2010 6:09:42 AM PST by Patriot1259
Gradually becoming fed up with the taxes of King George our early colonists kicked off the American Revolution with the Boston Tea Party. Our current long-suffering citizenry is gradually awakening to the threat to our freedom that is the result of excessive taxation and spending. This has caused the birth and phenomenal growth of the grass roots
T.E A. Party movement. The letters in the name spell the word, tea, but the acronym represented is “Taxed Enough Already”. What unites those attending T. E. A. Parties is their common dissatisfaction with excessive government taxation and its bedfellow, excessive government growth and spending. Our Congress, to the very significant extent that it
(Excerpt) Read more at thecypresstimes.com ...
Dissatisfaction with taxes and the King’s government began 70 years before the Revolution. King Phillips War, really put people over the edge. ( 1 in 13, man/women/child was killed in New England, with the Crown doing little, if anything. Pay taxes=get nothing. Exchange the then murderous, thieving Indians for today’s crimials and illegals. Kind of like our local/state/fed gov now )
Good article. The T.E.A. party is gathering steam right now. The scolding water that will be poured on these CRIMINALS can come later. They can resign peacefully and go back to their families.
Jumping off soapbox, looking forward to the ballot box...
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