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February 21, 2009 - 7:18 am - by Roger Kimball
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2009-02-23 17:24:05

WASHINGTON DC TEA PARTY

I sent the below letter to Barack Obama, and included a tea packet:
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Mr. President,

As the early colonists of the USA did on December 16, 1773 I am starting a Washington DC Tea Party for the same reason as they did: TOO MANY TAXES. THE STIMULUS TAX INCREASE is the straw that broke the taxpayers back.
This is my token way of tossing YOUR TEA into Boston Harbor. I will be contacting as many people as I can to do the same thing if they feel the government is overtaxing us. We need TAX RELIEF, not a bunch of NEW TAXES. No reply necessary, except to start putting the taxpayer first.
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I encourage anyone who feels the stimulus bill is the tax that broke the taxpayers back to do the same. Send the president a tea packet, and include a SHORT letter explaining why you are doing it. The address to send it is:

The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington DC
20500