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THE MODERN TEA PARTY MOVEMENTWHAT IT MEANS AND WHERE IT LEADS A TEA PARTY GOT THE BALL ROLLING AGAINST THE BRITISH. ...236 YEARS LATER, THEY ARE DOING SO AGAIN. Remember as to the robbing of our liberty and trampling of the constitution: ONE if by legislative glad-hand. TWO if by judicial activism THREE if by presidential directive. Tragically, my fellow Americans, all three of these have been in play for far too long. Our nation's fundamental founding documents and principles have been thrown to the four winds and trampled upon. Legislation has been passed, Judicial decisions have been rendered,...

With budget deficits soaring and President Obama pushing a trillion-dollar-plus expansion of health coverage, some Washington policymakers are taking a fresh look at a money-making idea long considered politically taboo: a national sales tax. Common around the world, including in Europe, such a tax -- called a value-added tax, or VAT -- has not been seriously considered in the United States. But advocates say few other options can generate the kind of money the nation will need to avert fiscal calamity. At a White House conference earlier this year on the government's budget problems, a roomful of tax experts pleaded...

Obama/Waxman push $3,100 per-family tax by Memorial Day! From the Desk of: Steve Elliott, President, Grassfire.org Alliance Our sources are telling me that President Obama and Rep. Henry Waxman are pushing for a key vote on the Carbon Tax BEFORE Memorial Day -- a tax that studies show will cost each family $3,100 each and every year. Last week, Obama met behind closed doors with House Democrats to pressure them to pass the Carbon Tax. Now, Waxman is even contemplating skipping the Subcommittee hearing on the $2 trillion Carbon Cap and Trade Tax and fast-tracking this new tax straight to...