The Boston Tea Party was a long time ago when the British took more taxes than they were suppose to just so they could have it. Now in 2009 it is happening again except with our government. They are taking more taxes than they should just so they can have it. That is why we are having these tea parties – to protest taxes.
To get some information on what is going on my whole family went to two tea parties on April 15th. The people at the tea parties brought signs that said things like:
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“I’m not your A.T.M”
“Stop taking my grandkid’s money”
“Fair tax now”
I was shocked by all the people that came out to the tea parties. There were around 2000 thousand people at one and 400 at the other. One lady even brought her dog with a blanket that said “Fair Tax.” I thought that was really funny.
We want far taxes and we want it so that our money is not worth less than it already is. The way they protested taxes in the past was by pouring the tea into Boston Harbor. Today we are asking that the government stop “bailing out the boat and fix the leak.”
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