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| | [[Image:Headnew.jpg|right|380px|thumb| Tax Day Tea Party]] | | [[Image:Headnew.jpg|right|380px|thumb| Tax Day Tea Party]] |
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| − | '''Tax Day Tea Parties''', one of the most widely known manifestations of the '''[[Tea Party Movement]]''' (from an acronym for '''T'''axed '''E'''nough '''A'''lready), were a nationwide, locally organized multi-event that protested the [[generational theft]] of public [[tax]] dollars by the Federal Government on April 15, 2009. In the spirit of the founding fathers [[Boston Tea Party]], the local organizers, Top Conservatives on Twitter, and just ordinary citizens who use various social media sites, created a massive grassroots movement which held protests in all fifty states on April 15th 2009 and another scheduled for the July 4th [[Independence Day Tea Party]]. | + | '''Tax Day Tea Parties''', one of the most widely known manifestations of the '''[[Tea Party Movement]]''' (from an acronym for '''T'''axed '''E'''nough '''A'''lready), were a nationwide, locally organized multi-event that protested the [[generational theft]] of public [[tax]] dollars by the Federal Government on April 15, 2009. In the spirit of the founding fathers [[Boston Tea Party]], the local organizers, Top Conservatives on Twitter, and just ordinary citizens who use various social media sites, created a massive grassroots movement which held protests in all fifty states on April 15, 2009 and another scheduled for the July 4th [[Independence Day Tea Party]]. |
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| | The largest Tea Party held to date was the Dallas Tea Party, held July 4, 2009 at Southfork Ranch in Plano, Texas, which drew 37,000 attendees.<ref>[http://dallasteaparty.org/2009/07/americas-tea-party-official-press-release/ America's Tea Party Official Press Release, July 6, 2009.]</ref> | | The largest Tea Party held to date was the Dallas Tea Party, held July 4, 2009 at Southfork Ranch in Plano, Texas, which drew 37,000 attendees.<ref>[http://dallasteaparty.org/2009/07/americas-tea-party-official-press-release/ America's Tea Party Official Press Release, July 6, 2009.]</ref> |
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| | ==Liberal Infiltrators== | | ==Liberal Infiltrators== |
| − | [[ACORN]], [[Huffington Post]] and other [[Barack Obama]] supporters criticized the tax day tea parties, calling them a 'gripe fest by bunch of [[conservatives]]'. <ref>[http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=94297 ACORN to crash Tax Day tea parties?] Worldnetdaily, April 8, 2009</ref> | + | [[ACORN]], [[Huffington Post]] and other [[Barack Obama]] supporters criticized the tax day tea parties, calling them a 'gripe fest by bunch of [[conservatives]]'.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=94297 ACORN to crash Tax Day tea parties?] Worldnetdaily, April 8, 2009</ref> |
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| | ==Links To Events== | | ==Links To Events== |
| − | [[Image:Mashup.JPG|right|350px|thumb| 2009 Tea Parties ]] | + | [[Image:Mashup.JPG|right|350px|thumb| 2009 Tea Parties]] |
| − | A [[Google]] mashup project lists tax day tea parties. <ref>[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=112875499027114938790.0004647d9f61bab744fd4&ll=38.272689,-96.679687&spn=27.495109,57.128906&z=4&source=embed 2009 Tea Parties]Google Maps</ref> | + | A [[Google]] mashup project lists tax day tea parties.<ref>[http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=112875499027114938790.0004647d9f61bab744fd4&ll=38.272689,-96.679687&spn=27.495109,57.128906&z=4&source=embed 2009 Tea Parties] Google Maps</ref> |
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| | ==Planned Events== | | ==Planned Events== |
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| | <references/> | | <references/> |
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| − | ==External Links== | + | ==External links== |
| | * [http://taxdayteaparty.com ONLINE HQ FOR THE NATIONWIDE TAX DAY TEA PARTY] | | * [http://taxdayteaparty.com ONLINE HQ FOR THE NATIONWIDE TAX DAY TEA PARTY] |
| | * [http://www.topconservativesontwitter.org Top Conservatives On Twitter] | | * [http://www.topconservativesontwitter.org Top Conservatives On Twitter] |
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| − | [[Category:taxation]] | + | [[Category:Taxation]] |
| | [[Category:Tax Revolts]] | | [[Category:Tax Revolts]] |
| | [[Category:Obama Presidency]] | | [[Category:Obama Presidency]] |
| | [[Category:Tea Party Movement]] | | [[Category:Tea Party Movement]] |