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Tea party rally generates plenty of criticism, opposing views
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| Contributor | Servo |
| Last Edited | Servo Apr 15, 2010 09:29pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | David Abel |
| Media | Newspaper - Boston Globe |
| News Date | Friday, April 16, 2010 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | They were enraged about the growing costs of entitlements, the surging national debt, and everything from the bailouts of the banks to the new health care law.
Early yesterday morning, Valerie and Rob Shirk corralled their 10 home-schooled children into their van for the 2 1/2-hour drive from their home in Connecticut to Boston, arriving just in time to hear Sarah Palin denounce government-run health care at the tea party movement rally on Boston Common.
They thought it would be a learning opportunity for their children, who range in age from 9 months to 15 years old and who held up signs criticizing the government for defying the “will of the people.’’
“The problem in this country is that too many people are looking for handouts,’’ said Valerie Shirk, 43, of Prospect, Conn. “I agree with the signs that say, ‘Share my father’s work ethic — not his paycheck.’ We have to do something about the whole welfare mentality in this country.’’
The Shirks were among the thousands of people who attended the rally from around the region, many of them carrying signs with slogans such as, “What Part of Live Free or Die Don’t You Understand?,’’ “Don’t Tread on Me,’’ and “Starve the Beast by Tax Cuts.’’ |
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