Protestor at Denver TEAm Party Rally
Excitement was raging as the movement grew and collected on Capital Hill. It was clear to see of the thousands of angry protesters, that aimless taxing was not to be tolerated any longer. I attended the Denver CO. rally for the sole purpose of showing my extreme dissatisfaction with the way Government is treating us. For as long as I can remember, our elected officials have increased the size of Government, spent our tax dollars on frivolous things and claimed to provide a services to citizens (…well that is also an inaccurate statement. Let’s say to people living within our boarders). As a fiscal conservative, I have gravitated to the GOP but after evaluating the “behavior” demonstrated on the issue, collectively no politician is fulfilling their obligation to their constituents. As the clear intention of the crowd was to communicate our displeasure with all government, taxes and massive spending, unfortunately many seized the “large crowd” opportunity to advance their own agenda. Colorado Right to Life was there with their graphic shock value anti-abortion signs (claiming “murder comes first”), GOP faithful ranting NObama (not realizing the stimulus was started during the Bush administration) and many others anti Democrat propaganda (forgetting that debt grew in the ‘90s when the GOP ran Congress). My main dissatisfaction was when I learned that GOP Political leaders spoke at the rally. How can you have members of Congress (albeit State government) who represent the very thing we are protesting, speak about being fiscally responsible? This is an outrage!
This movement cannot fail. So much that in the above picture, the guy to the left, as I took the picture, was ranting “You should go in front of the Denver Public Library and close it down [since you are against government].” He clearly did not understand the true message we were protesting for. Limited government means individual freedom, not anarchy. Government provides a valuable service but overtime, it has risen to insurmountable sizes and the people we elect to represent us are not listening and its breeding corruption.
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futiledemocracy // April 16, 2009 at 3:50 pm
“aimless taxing” – most of the people there will see a tax cut.
“Limited government means individual freedom” – Another lovely piece of rhetoric from the Conservative movement. Also, bullshit.
I cannot accept any Conservative who seems to suggest that neoliberalism is the only way to defeat this crises.
Capitolistica // April 17, 2009 at 11:10 am
Did/Do you approve of the “Bush Tax Cuts”? My guess is no and for several political reasons that serves no merit here and this is not the point. This movement should be geared toward awareness that all government (yes the GOP too) is not representing the public and are becoming disingenuous (to say the least). Why should you pay for a tree planting campaign in Porto Rico? You are right you should not have to as this is a local issue. If people in the locality want something that only benefits them, have them pay for it and not ask the rest of you to pony it up. Are you for giving money to Wall Street when a large percentage of Americans live in poverty? If you lose your job, do you go on a spending spree of record proportions? Well they are! The movement is aiming to get our point across that we are no longer fiscally responsible.