U.S. Rep. Paul Broun and South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer are on a list of scheduled speakers for today's Augusta Tax Day Tea Party at Riverwalk Augusta's Jessye Norman Amphitheater.
According to a news release, the tea party is a nonpartisan, nationwide event designed to send a message to Washington that citizens are unhappy with tax-and-spend policies they fear will bankrupt the nation.
Megan Seda, the chairwoman of the Columbia County Young Republicans and an organizer of the event, said she hopes it will bring together people who were frustrated by the spending policies of Republican leaders in Washington and who are now concerned about President Obama's spending.
"They're a lot more angry even than they were when the Republicans were the ones doing it, and they are ready to re-engage and realize they do have to be active in the political process to stop that kind of spending from happening in Washington," Ms. Seda said.
Others who are on the speaker list for the event include Jeff Annis, Helen Blocker-Adams, Bobby Ross and Michael Ryan, the editorial page editor of The Augusta Chronicle.
The event begins at 5 p.m. and is scheduled to end at 10.
Reach Adam Folk at (706) 823-3339 or adam.folk@augustachronicle.com.
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TrukinRanger, you ought to "truk" right on down to the Tea Party, show off all of your Obama tattoos, and straighten those people out. Make it clear to the naysayers that your mulatto muslim messiah will soon deliver this country from all of its problems, you Kool Aid drinking moron.
There will always be those that don't stand up for their rights as Americans, whether it's because of the natural heard instinct or because they actually buy the "security of socialism" spiel or because it's just too much effort to think. For the rest of us, an obvious minority, there's the grass roots effort of the TEA party. A chance to speak out against the out of control spending and taxing that has become the "right" of D.C. politicians. If you think the 1 1/2 trillion dollar deficit Bush left us and the 3 trillion dollars Obama has added is just too much, this TEA party is for you. (Taxed Enough Already)
Obama supports tax cuts for folks making less than $250,000 per year. Is this event to show support for Obama?
I think it's a great idea, and comical as well. To see a big group of rich fat cats complaining about their tax rates raising 4% points while blue-collar regular folks are losing their jobs, is just a classic Republican example of out-of touch with the regular guy syndrome. I wonder how this tea party will be viewed by those hard-working Americans who have been struggling with making ends meet because of the greed of these same whining fat cats? It's like complaining you have to eat-out at Applebees instead of Calvert's, while a lot of folks are having trouble feeding their kids. But, this is not the crowd the right-wing tends to care about, and it showed in the previous election.
BTW, polls show Americans trust Obama on the economy while Republicans are viewed as failures. Americans are very perceptive and honest. The right-wing agenda should be applauded by all of us liberals, as they keep implementing one failure after another. This tea party promises to be a hoot. No way I can miss this one. I wonder if they will begin chanting their mantra of Failure for America.
A rally for support after a harsh defeat in the 2008, election the Republican Party is heading in a direction to be eradicate from the face of the earth.If Republicans want to fire up this event Tax Day Tea Party they should have invite John MCcain's daugther Meghan MCcain ,a lesbian, who want the Republican Party to include gay rights in the party platform now thats a cup of tea to sit down with and drink.
Bring your sugar and lemon because I for one will be at the Tea party angry because they are spending our tax money like there is no end and I dont care what party you belong to. I'm losing my business and Cant get tax money to keep me a float but the companies who put us in this mess are getting all they need.
This event falls on deaf ears, we were frustrated,and still is, by the spending policies of Bush and Republican leaders in Washington and Megan Seda never organizer a event on Tax Day.Now a colored President and Democratic leaders in Washington want to raise taxes on people who make more than $250,000.00 a year and not raise taxes on small business and middle class a Tax Day Tea Party is needed MEGAN go jump off a bridge.
Obama's Dept of Homeland Security has warned law enforcement all over the country that extremists will be attending. Sound like intimidation? In addition, DHS is also saying combat veterans are attracted to extremist organizations. These rallies have become protests against more than taxes. It is support for the Constitution and veterans in the face of threats by our socialist supporting, Democratic controlled, federal government.
I love to party!!! NOBAMA NOBAMA
Bet Saxby is out playing golf so he can't make it. Saxby TARP Chambliss(Socialist, Ga) was going to get the fair tax passes, guess he was too busy taking care of the LOBBYIST that are giving him money and golf trips. Same old same old, promice the voters and deliver for the LOBBYIST.
Hmmm.... they do have a constitutional right to have a peaceable assembly, express their opinions, and air their grievances to the government. Meanwhile it sounds like a Who's Who list of the biggest idiots in Augusta. This would be a good opportunity for the psychiatric residents to go over and observe some aberrant behavior.
55-F you should march right down there with your hooded sheet on. One thing you would not have to worry about is your tattoo showing. Obama is just as mush a Muslim, that you are a Klan man.
So if Ms Seda was so concerned about the Repub leaders spending, why didn't she organize any protests then? Keep the radar guns on Bauer.
Shivas I am one of those hard working blue collar right wing extremist that will be at the tea party as soon as I get off work. Oh by the way I am a little overweight but "fat cat" might be taking it a little too far!!
For those of you who think your taxes are NOT going up, read more about the CAP AND TRADE policy your President is trying to pass, then you will see how your gullible ignorance has affected your reasoning - then again, a lot of the Obama supporters don't pay income tax anyway.
Phish:That's what they want. Just like the plantation owners got the average guy, who had no vested interest, to fight the Civil War, they want you to support tax policies that only benefit those at the top.
Yeah, you know us Democrats never pay any taxes.
This is not a Republican or Democrat event. This is an American event for Americans who are angry not only at Bush, but Obama, and Congress as well. When Republicans were in power they blew it, but now that Democrats are in power they are continuing down the same path of out of control spending. Both parties are at fault and it's time Americans stood up and voiced their anger. The government is spending our money and it's time for Americans to let them know that they need to spend it responsibly.
It's about time the average Americans stand up against wasteful government spending. Those of you who think Obama is not going to hike taxes for average Americans, dream on. Since he has been in the office, he signed near thrillion dollar spending bill full of pork. Surprisingly, he hasn't pushed for tax cut legislation. Seems as long as he says he wants to cut taxes for average Americans, that's good enough for some people. Words, not deeds that matter to those who can't see beyond Obama's skin color.
justus4, when the sky is full of clouds which block the sun, are those clouds black or white by your standards and is the resulting gloom of an overcast sky black or white??? To you everything that takes place has a black/white overtone. DROP THE CHIP FROM YOUR SHOULDERS AND JOIN THE REAL WORLD. But alas that would mean you would have to accept that both races have caused their share of problems and that does not sit well with your slant on life.
littlelady: Please look back on all the previous posts on other topics griping that they only get $1040 cut in taxes for their household. Seems that taxes have been cut. It's just that those that aren't the "average American" (median household income $48,000) want more. They want to pay less and have the "average American" pay more.
justus4,please show up with a shirt bearing your name, please...i'd love to come over and introduce myself.....please, pretty please with a lotto ticket and an ebt card on top ???
Maybe Patricia Thomas and sisterX will have shirts with their names on them. They'll be the guys getting the funny looks.
For nigh on to three months we've wanted to do somethin'. For several years us elephants, now late of said party deceased tried to do somethin'. But we didn't quite get it done and now it's very painful to dry up all of a sudden and pretend like we wasn't even there. We have been thinkin' ill of you donkeys and there ain't no law against thinkin', but thinkin' doesn't seem to help. It doesn't seem to lower our temperatures' at all. We must do somethin' to explode ourselves, so as to feel better. We are tryin' to work in harmony with you donkeys. We are tryin' to soften down our feelin's. We are tryin' to subjugate ourselves to the level of surroundin' circumstances. But we just can't do it 'til we do somethin'.
We are not worrying about the dems who pay taxes, but the dems that don't. And yes their is a lot more of them than the repubs. Don't even try to go there.
Funny but because I made less than 250,000 It seems my taxes were lower this year than last! And next year will be even lower. I guess I'll let all those making over 250K make the tea party today, I have to work for a living.
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