Protestors host tea party outside White House

Hundreds of people hosted a tea party in front of the White House to protest government spending and vent their frustrations about the lagging economy. The tea party was one of nearly 800 held around the U.S. on Tax Day.

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[badflamenco]

98 percent of what the Federal govermemt does is NOT AUTHORIZED BY THE CONSTITUTION. The Constitution is NOT a "living breathing" thing (that you can train to say whatever you want) WE DEMAND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT START ABIDING BY THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION RIGHT FUCKING NOW! Other wise a whole lot of people are going to hang by their necks from whatever horizontal beam is avaiable for a makedhift gallows. WE WILL RETAKE OUR COUNTRY. YOU HAD BETER HOPE WE CAN DO IT PEACABLY. Idiots.

[BobTheTERROR]

Republicans destroyed the economy? This had nothing to do with the loans Clinton and Carter forced banks to give out to people who couldn't pay them back, which both Bush and McCain opposed in 2002, now did it? It's amazing how ignorant someone can be and argue something for which there is no evidence supporting them.

[darliegoddess]

@badflamenco Democracy's are socialist where everyone gets ti decide, communism is where an elite group gets to decide.In this case the corporations. That is communist!

[badflamenco]

@darliegoddess Obviously you are barking up the wrong tree, lady. I'm as far from a communist as you can get.

[darliegoddess]

@badflamenco Just try it you communist creep! You and your scum sucking republican corporate crones aren't the tea party, we are! Learn some history creep!

[REnightmare]

@Sonofthebeach009

Corporate media will lean towards a certain section based on political and economic purposes. NBC tends to support the left while FOX supports the right; networks such as these hit two birds with one stone by exploiting demographs to obtain a steady audience and benefit financially from advertising. The Tea Party is encouraged by FOX because Rupert Murdoch is a conservative who knows how to draw a crowd with controversy. Thus it grew with a biased right-wing majority.

[REnightmare]

@Sonofthebeach009

I see the Tea Parties as the Nazi's because of a parallel in their actions given the economic stability of their nations; that is it. I only look at situations historically. The Democrats always get voted into office during a recession. Recognition of the Tea Parties only demonstrates how desperate these people are for a short term result to their long term problems. The political party system is creating a divide against Americans; conservative group gets help from FOX NEWS.

[Sonofthebeach009]

@REnightmare So bottom line is, democrats have not set the foundation for economic recovery and there is no way that tea partiers can be reasonably compared to national socialists or nazis.

[Sonofthebeach009]

@REnightmare The GOP congress of the 90s reformed welfare, and generated the first surplus in decades over the deficit. The only reason clinton signed it into law is because he knew they had enough votes for an override and wanted to spare himself the embarassment. Unfortunately, those same persons are no longer in office. Purportedly altruistic programs, which are really just new channels for graft, are once again the norm in washington.

[Sonofthebeach009]

@REnightmare Now, the tea party movement began under bush. His excesses were well noticed. At least half of its members are dem/ind. Said movement was virtually ignored by the corporate media, CBS, NBC, ABC etc until it became too big to ignore. So certain GOP shills jumped on the band wagon, like Palin and other windbags, to in my opinion discredit the movement while pretending to be apart of it from the start. This is a typical political tactic, Clinton was a master at it.

[Sonofthebeach009]

@REnightmare It has been demonstrated that higher taxes do not generate higher revenues. The wheels of government turn slowly. Legislation can take 5+ years for its effect to show up. The Reagan tax cuts allowed for the 90s boom. He was the last good Republican president I will say. The last good Democrat president was JFK, who started issuing Greenbacks and at least attempted to divorce the US monetary system from the Federal Reserve - a private bank.