Update: Now we have to deal with the malicious and hate filled who are openly recruiting people to crash tea party gatherings and rallies in order to incite violence and discredit the movement as evidenced by the now defunct website "crashtheteaparty.org". The only free speech they want is their own.

As we count down to tax day on April 15th, I am once again reminded of an article I wrote last year about the first Tea Party I attended called Tax Tea Party a GOP PR Effort?. Things haven't improved much since then, in fact by some measures things have actually gotten worse - with little hope of reform in the near term. The national debt and budget deficit numbers are so staggering that even the best educated and concerned citizen may really have little idea exactly how dire the nations financial condition actually is and can almost be excused for simply tuning out entirely. That is however fodder for a separate article.

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For those of you who are attacking those rallying against the current healthcare bill, I ask you...Is it because you have your own hand out? Is it your belief that everyone has a right to free stuff from the government? Do you wish to take the easy road by drinking koolaid only from the government trough?

Shame on you. You embarrass yourselves and our country by your ignorance of our nation's history - and when you eschew hard work and self reliance over hand outs. Our founding fathers were very concerned about the natural tendency of the people to prefer handouts to hard work. They struggled mightily to develop the constitution to prevent this fine nation from becoming the kind of welfare state they saw in the Europe of their day. Their limitations on the powers allowed to the federal government SHOULD HAVE prevented getting where we are today were it not for the radical thinkers of their day and ours.

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As long as we continue to allow non taxpaying citizens to vote, we will continue to have socialists and their ilk being elected to guarantee the handouts they overwhelmingly demand. When the nations founders set forth the framework concerning voting privileges, they did so in a manner to align the resultant legislation with the needs and desires of those who would ultimately foot the bill. Restrictions on voting rights of slaves and women, were established in a such a way as to reflect their perceived economic contribution to the new nation, not as a ideological statement as to their individual worth as humans beings. In many respects, the actions of subsequent generations to open voting rights up to all citizens has perverted the intention of our forefathers. They knew that without a vested financial interest in the outcome of the legislation, it would be more convenient to make the easy "feel good" choices rather than the right and often difficult choices in matters of the Republic.

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Dear Congressman,

PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR this so called health care reform legislation. I and my husband, and many of our neighbors are entirely against this legislation.

It is a sad day when our elected officials use the excuse that the ends justify the means while voting contrary to the wishes of the people and country they represent. You represent ALL the people in your district and I urge you to see a bigger picture of our country as it is being sold down a river of tears being shed by our founding fathers.

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