March 18 2009 Press Release

Rutherford Tax Day Tea Party Event Planned

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 18, 2009

CONTACT: Jennifer Naskov
(828) 288-8058
rutherfordteaparty@gmail.com
http://rutherfordteaparty.blogspot.com

“Nationwide Tax Day Tea Party” Tens of Thousands Prepare to Gather in Their Local Communities in Protest of Socialism

Rutherfordton, NC – Following the lead of CNBC’s Rick Santelli’s call for a “Chicago Tea Party”, DontGo Movement (www.dontgomovement.com), Smart Girl Politics (www.smartgirlpolitics.ning.com), and tcot (www.topconservativesontwitter.org), worked together to successfully organize over 50 protests across the nation, where over 30,000 people attended. Those were basically “spontaneous”, last minute efforts…organized in literally days.

Building on the success of those February 27th Tea Parties, the word went out from those sponsors about organizing Tax Day Tea Parties, and asking for volunteers in any/every city in the USA. That grassroots effort is called “Nationwide Tax Day Tea Party” (www.taxdayteaparty.com)

Presently Michelle Malkin, Dana Loesch, and GOPUSA, are co-sponsoring the movement. This week, Newt Gingrich announced his decision to step up to the plate as an additional co-sponsor.
The Tax Day Tea Party has been taking the nation by storm; to date, there are over 150 cities in 49 states with confirmed events nationwide.

Rutherfordton, NC is one of those cities. Local resident, Jennifer Naskov, is the volunteer organizer of the local protest (rutherfordteaparty.blogspot.com).

Americans are crossing the political divide, and joining together by the tens of thousands, to protest the fact that government intrusion doesn’t work. "A la the 1773 Boston Tea Party, we’re fed up with the taxation and the government takeover brought on with the Stimulus Bill and the numerous other bailouts. There’s only one proven way to create jobs and that is by cutting income taxes and wasteful spending" said Eric Odom, Director of the DontGo Movement.
The Obama Stimulus Plan will be borrowing an unprecedented amount of money. It is the largest giveaway in American History. Even the Congressional Budget Office says that the Stimulus Bill will create few jobs in 2009 and 2010, but will instead cause dangerously high levels of inflation as the Federal Government lets the Treasury printing presses run indiscriminately.

Communications Director Juliana Johnson states, “We will be heard. The politicians have not been listening to us and we are fed up. If a Tea Party is what they need in order to listen to us, then a Tea Party is what they will get.”

WHAT: Tax Day Tea Party – Rutherfordton, NC

DATE: Wednesday, April 15, 2009
TIME: 5:00 pm-6:00 pm

WHERE: Rutherford County Courthouse front lawn

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