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Tea Party faithful rally against taxes
[The Nation (Nairobi)] Hundreds of Tea Party supporters rallied in Boston in an anti-tax day event headlined by likely US presidential contender and former Republican governor of Minnesota Tim Pawlenty.With a hot budget fight raging in Washington, Pawlenty was quick to sling spending cut slogans in an attempt to win over Tea Party die-hards in the home state of Mitt Romney, a potential rival for the Republican nomination in 2012. "We can't spend more than we take in," Pawlenty roared from a makeshift podium beneath the dome of gazebo on Boston Common. "You can't do it as an individual, you can't do it as a family, you can't do it at your place of work and we can't let the government do it anymore." His remarks drew cheers from the crowd on a day that also saw Republicans in the US House of Representatives muscle through a politically risky budget outline presented by Republican Representative Paul Ryan. Roundly denounced The blueprint, which has been roundly denounced by the B.O. regime, aims to cut some $4.4 trillion from deficits over the next decade. While it would cut the Medicare and Medicaid health programmes for the elderly, poor and disabled, it would also slash taxes on the richest Americans and corporations. Some at the Tea Party rally here suggested it won't go far enough. Posted by: Fred 2011-04-17 |
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