1.5 MILLION at DC Tea Party

[FIREWALL]

Originally Posted by CastleBravo

Saturday, September 12, 2009.

This was the number, 1.5 million, ABC reported.

And just think how many if it had been a Beer Party.

[Task Force]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

And just think how many if it had been a Beer Party.

Half of the US...

I dont think MLK drew that many folks to listen to him speak.

These folks came out to voice their independent opinions. Without a clear leader. Hello, think about it.

[AVGWarhawk]

Sadly Congress and Obama will not listen. It would seem they all have a hard-on for taking care of us. Even Pelosi has a hard-on. Then we hear that we should just vote them out next time around. Weeeeellllll the deed is already done by that time, no?

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Sadly Congress and Obama will not listen. It would seem they all have a hard-on for taking care of us. Even Pelosi has a hard-on. Then we hear that we should just vote them out next time around. Weeeeellllll the deed is already done by that time, no?

Not if the folks elected are on the repeal page. Let us remember that the bill(s) under discussion won't take effect until 2013. But it is a crisis now!

The lies have caught up to the liberals, POTUS included.

[AVGWarhawk]

Never the less something will get passed....if not just in spite.

Originally Posted by Task Force

Half of the US...

And all of Wisconsin.

[SteamWake]

LOL CNN put their estimate at 10,000. Finally CNN takes a conservative stance

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

LOL CNN put their estimate at 10,000. Finally CNN takes a conservative stance

Yeah..really...don't let CNN make it more that what it really was!

[Aramike]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

And all of Wisconsin.

You're damned right ... as long as we could get back in time for the Packers game.

LOL CNN put their estimate at 10,000. Finally CNN takes a conservative stance

Yeah they should have gone with the local police and fire dept who put the crowd at 70,000

[Platapus]

So do these teabaggers offer any practical solutions?

[CaptainHaplo]

Platypus... They sure did...

Its called stop spending all OUR money on welfare programs for everything from corporations to illegal immigrants, stop running up our debt at every turn.

I don't think they should spend my money on most things the government does - and whats more - I don't think they should spend YOUR money either.

Taxpayers Bill of Rights I say - including line item tax forms stipulating what the taxes we pay can go to.

Know why liberals don't want that? The military, essential services and such would be just about the only things that would get funded.

ACORN, Planned Parenthood, etc etc would all get ALOT less money if the people got to decide what they paid for.

[Sea Demon]

Originally Posted by Platapus

So do these teabaggers offer any practical solutions?

Here's a few off the top:

1. Expand health savings accounts.
2. Allow individual consumers to deduct the cost of their health insurance from their taxable income, just as their employers do.
3. Controls on medical malpractice suits.
4. Allow individuals to buy insurance across state lines.
5. Allow like groups to combine their numbers to buy large group health insurance policies.
6. Expand the treatment authority of nurse practitioners
7. End state imposed insurance mandates that drive insurance costs up.

This ain't all inclusive either. These ideas are much better than what the Democrats have put forth. These ideas above serve to create an environment for independence, self sufficiency, and dignity for the consumer and taxpayer. The Democrats only build plans that create dependence on the government, and burdens on taxpayers. One thing Democrats cannot allow is people to feel self-sufficient and independant. Hard to keep people shallow, weak, feeble, fearful, and on the government plantation that way.