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1. Gail wrote:

State employees pay taxes as well. I attended the tea party as well as hundreds of other state employees. I was amazed to see the number of state employees filing out of offices around the capitol complex to attend the tax protest. I was also impressed with the number of both Democrats and Republicans that attended. The protest wasn't against paying taxes. The main comment/complaint I heard is what our elected officials have chosen to do with our tax dollars such as bail out millionaires and corporations that should have failed or filed bankruptcy. Congress doesn't bail out the worker bee. Why should the worker's tax dollars be spent to bail out corporations whose CEO has members of Congress in their pocket? The tax protest was never against government services or the state employees that provide them.

Thu, April 16, 2009 @ 8:19 AM

2. FattCatt wrote:

Gail,

Thank you, I now understand the real reason why people were there.
However; that is not how the media covered it.
They made it sound like the protesters were upset at our President for trying to do something besides give more tax breaks to the rich…a practice that has been preformed for the last eight years and hasn’t worked yet.
The working class is the backbone of this Country and has been severely abused for the last eight years. Our economy is in the crapper but, our banking system cannot fail or go bankrupt. If they do, no one will have a job and we will be no better than a third world Country…sitting by and letting them go bankrupt is not an option.
There are a lot of negative comments being made about President Obama and I wish people would give him a chance. It is our American duty to support our President whether you agree with him or not…I did when Bush was in office. Where were these protesters when Bush was running up the debt for a war that was a LIE. Along with the fact the cost of the war was never put in any budget to pay for thus, causing more debt to be ran up than we first thought…I for one trusted Bush but, after six years being disappointed with the party as a whole I stopped and I am now registered as an independent…Republicans have turn into two faced hypocrites with all the sex scandals and bribery going on…claiming to be a moral party. HA!
We need to do something or we will all be out of work and this Country will fail.

Also, if hundreds of State employees showed up for the protest why can’t they show up for Lobby Day…at lunch time? They would have had to take annual time to attend.
It’s very hard to imagine that statement to be true…personally; I would show up at the Capitol to get a raise before whining about taxes.

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Fri, April 17, 2009 @ 12:05 PM

3. Dave wrote:

I too am a state worker at the capitol complex, and I witnessed a good number of other state workers streaming out of state buildings to attend the tea party. I saw anti-Republican signs as well as signs protesting what Republican legislators were doing in Congress as well as the State House. It's shameful when the media will not report the whole story or ignore it all together. FattCatt, you said it's our duty to support the president. It's also our right under the Constitution to publicly disagree with those we elect to office. It's call "freedom and speech and assembly." Peaceful, public debate should always be encoured, and it is a sign of a strong democracy.

Mon, April 20, 2009 @ 4:00 PM

4. FattCatt wrote:

Dave,

The Republican Party has been painting President Obama as a Muslim who wants to take our guns and rights away from us, I believe it was Bush Administration that created the Patriot act that began the deterioration of our Constitutional Rights. Yes I agree you have freedom of Speech...but not disrespect and that is exactly what the Republican Party has been doing since President Obama took office.
Yes the Dem's did try to stand up to Bush with some of the bad decisions he made but, never did they try to paint him as to be un-American, a evil Muslim or being a terrorist in disguise. Hell Bush and Chainey are damn near Nazi's in my book with nothing but, disregard to the Geneva Convention...something the United States created.
Sorry but in the last 100 days of Obama's Presidency the Republican's anti-Obama campaign has been mean spirited and full of hate...just my opinion.

Can't everyone just give him a chance to do the job and show some respect?

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Fri, April 24, 2009 @ 12:46 PM

5. FattCatt wrote:

Can someone out there tell me why I should be a Republican?...sale me on changing parties leave the moral stuff out because we all know that no man is perfect.

What are the benefits of being a Republican?

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Fri, April 24, 2009 @ 6:26 PM

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