Now if this weren't America, and we weren't all so self-absorbed with our own little lives, and we weren't being surrounded by this, would we scoff at the news of so many tax protests? If, say, there were all these tax protests going on all over France, would we go "wow, the French are ridiculous, the government should do something, either to acquiesce to the citizens' desires or to quell the uprising before it gets revolutionary (depending on your international political bent).
Or would we scoff at the French, and talk about how awful countries that have such socialistic governments are?
But this isn't (just) going on in France, its here. So far, by my count, there have been publicized tax protests in over 30 different American cities. There have been protests 3 Saturdays in a row in Kansas City. Some estimates show 15,000 people showing up for the protest in Fullerton, CA. There have been protests in major cities like Atlanta, Maui, Harrisburg, NYC, Nashville, D.C., Houston, Dallas, San Diego, Orlando, Tallahassee, Cleveland, St. Louis, Green Bay, Detroit, and several others.
Now some of these protests, like the one in Olathe two weeks ago, only drew a few hundred people. So it isn't like the entire population has gone berzerk.
But if you turned on MSNBC and the anchor said "protests have broken out in over 30 different Cities in Britain, as angry citizens protest what they believe is unfair taxation and increased socialization" wouldn't you maybe say "wow, Britain is getting completely out of control." Wouldn't you think the government should maybe be listening to the people more, if so many places have such angry groups? At what point would you believe polls coming out of Britain that showed overwhelming support for the government might be fraudulent, or at least based on loaded questions. At what point will the Obamaniacs start accusing pollsters that don't follow orders of being biased (hint: already doing it)?
Wouldn't you wonder how long it was going to be until some of these protests turn violent?
Obama's private army may come just in time, to quell this dissent before it compels legislators to actually do something.
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Or would we scoff at the French, and talk about how awful countries that have such socialistic governments are?
But this isn't (just) going on in France, its here. So far, by my count, there have been publicized tax protests in over 30 different American cities. There have been protests 3 Saturdays in a row in Kansas City. Some estimates show 15,000 people showing up for the protest in Fullerton, CA. There have been protests in major cities like Atlanta, Maui, Harrisburg, NYC, Nashville, D.C., Houston, Dallas, San Diego, Orlando, Tallahassee, Cleveland, St. Louis, Green Bay, Detroit, and several others.
Now some of these protests, like the one in Olathe two weeks ago, only drew a few hundred people. So it isn't like the entire population has gone berzerk.
But if you turned on MSNBC and the anchor said "protests have broken out in over 30 different Cities in Britain, as angry citizens protest what they believe is unfair taxation and increased socialization" wouldn't you maybe say "wow, Britain is getting completely out of control." Wouldn't you think the government should maybe be listening to the people more, if so many places have such angry groups? At what point would you believe polls coming out of Britain that showed overwhelming support for the government might be fraudulent, or at least based on loaded questions. At what point will the Obamaniacs start accusing pollsters that don't follow orders of being biased (hint: already doing it)?
Wouldn't you wonder how long it was going to be until some of these protests turn violent?
Obama's private army may come just in time, to quell this dissent before it compels legislators to actually do something.
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