The Whoa! Movement

Have you ever been with someone who shoots several questions at you in rapid-fire succession, to the point to where you can’t answer any of the questions at all? This verbal form of battering can be overwhelming, leaving you stunned and ineffective.

The assault Congress has waged on American taxpayers has also been rapid-fire. Who can keep track of it all? TARP, earmarks, the stimulus bill, the “normal” spending bill … Does anyone really know what the grand total is at this point? We have been stunned by the barrage, leaving us ineffective, which is just the way those in Washington want to keep things. As we trudge along trying to keep our livelihoods and our families in order, they are arrogantly defying the wishes of the silent majority. By the time we catch up with the news, we’re left shrugging our shoulders thinking we sure don’t like what’s going on, but that there’s nothing we can do to stop them.

However, I don’t think it’s too late. Just as a decline in the stock market does not result in real financial loss until we say “sell”, these spending measures are not exactly the same thing as money already spent. Yes, some of it has been spent, but not all of it. Why can’t we demand a halt AND reversal? We could call it the “Whoa! Movement”. (Well, maybe not, but you get the idea.) This is the essence of the Tea Parties being planned across the nation. Next Wednesday’s peaceful protests can be and should be the launch of something consequential and revolutionary.

The “progressives” want to downplay this movement as just the typical disgruntlement which festers each year around tax day but then fizzles as the springtime air puts us back in a good mood. By downplaying the protests they are denying that there has been a fundamental and substantial change. We know otherwise. While it’s true financial infringement has been long in the making, the recent leap has been profound. This is a path on which we cannot continue. Consider April 15th your opportunity to be a participant in history. This is our time to tear down the Berlin Wall, pull down the statue of Lenin, and toss the tea into the Boston Harbor.

Let “Thomas Paine” inspire you to act!



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