The Democrats, Republicans and Independents who went to Tea Parties last week want the same thing that the patriots of 1773 wanted: To be treated as free citizens with inalienable rights, not indentured subjects of an all-powerful government.
Subjects don't complain when government makes their lives more secular and more socialized.
But citizens demand the "right to pursue happiness" as their Creator endowed them in the Declaration of Independence.
Citizens do not want to be told that they can earn up to $250,000, but above that, they are illegitimate possessors of the "people's wealth" and should expect to have it taken by the government.
Citizens do not want to be told that members of Congress or bureaucrats in the Treasury will set salary schedules and decide income for Americans in private business.
The Tea Parties were a reaction to all these threats to the American way of life.
Subjects don't complain when government makes their lives more secular and more socialized.
But citizens demand the "right to pursue happiness" as their Creator endowed them in the Declaration of Independence.
Citizens do not want to be told that they can earn up to $250,000, but above that, they are illegitimate possessors of the "people's wealth" and should expect to have it taken by the government.
Citizens do not want to be told that members of Congress or bureaucrats in the Treasury will set salary schedules and decide income for Americans in private business.
The Tea Parties were a reaction to all these threats to the American way of life.
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