So I went out to join the Nashville Tax Day Tea Party protest yesterday at the State Capitol. As expected, the turnout was quite large but civilized. The few police that I saw in the area were mostly relaxing or chatting casually to people, a sign to me that they weren’t expecting trouble. The two speakers I “heard” were Phil Valentine and Rep. Marsha Blackburn. I put “heard” in quotation marks because they speakers weren’t nearly loud enough for the crowd size. I see this not as a failure but a success in that the crowd was so large. In addition the “horn honkers” were out in force, some holding signs out of their car.
My favorite sign of the day:
Why would any one care what Marsha Blackburn has to say? She is part of the problem.
Economic Stimulus. H.R. 5140, the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, passed 385-35 on January 29, 2008 (Roll Call 25). It would provide about $150 billion in economic stimulus, including $101.1 billion in direct payments of rebate checks (typically $600) to most taxpayers in 2008 and temporary tax breaks for businesses. Creating money out of thin air and then spending the newly created money cannot improve the economy, at least not in the long term. (If it could, why not create even more money for rebates and make every American a millionaire?) The stimulus has no offset and thus increases the federal deficit by the amount of the stimulus because the government must borrow the rebate money. A realistic long-term stimulus can only be achieved by lowering taxes through less government and by reducing regulatory burdens. Marsha Blackburn voted FOR this bill.(Source: The New American – July 21, 2008)
Marsha Blackburn is my Congressman.
She is no conservative.
See her unconstitutional votes at :
http://bluecollarrepublican.com/blog/?p=614
Mickey
Oh I went to the Fayette County Tea Party and We Did Not Invite her.