Tax Day Tea Party Day

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we'll ever see on this Earth.
Ronald Reagan, "A Time for Choosing" address.

It's all these 'gatherers' and 'sharers' going around counting and measuring and taking off to storage. They do more gathering than sharing and we never see most of the stuff again.
Hob Hayward, Hobbit farmer, "The Return of the King," J.R.R. Tolkien.

Now is the time for all good Americans to come to the aid of their country.
Television commercial for Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1952.

Fear! Fire! Foes! Awake!
The Hobbits of Buckland, "The Return of the King,", J.R.R. Tolkien.

Get up off your arses men
Don't let 'em think you're getting lazy
Get up out of your easy chairs
We gotta lot to do out there, well ain't we?
"Get Up," The Kinks.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
Theodore Roosevelt

Today is Tax Day Tea Party Day. Now is your time to shine, to speak out, to be heard.

It's all up to you.

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