I'm sorry. I just can't help myself. This is from The Syracuse Post-Standard.
Organizer # 1 of the Syracuse Tea Party:
"After a lifetime of working, paying taxes and raising three children on her own, Wilder is struggling.
She said she retired on disability from M&T Bank three years ago after undergoing knee replacement and back surgeries. She lives on her Social Security and disability benefits. Last year, she petitioned the bankruptcy court for protection from creditors.
She said she did not have to pay federal income taxes last year because her income was too low".
"I don't want to see this country turn into a welfare, nanny state, where we stand in line for groceries, and we're in welfare lines, and in socialized medicine lines," Wilder said.
Organizer # 2:
"Americans need safety nets, but Obama and Congress are pushing programs that foster dependency and weaken capitalism, said Smith, who acknowledged he collected food stamp benefits for a few months last year".
I wonder if they noticed that everyone else at the Tea Parties was protesting them?
Thanks to Eschaton for the link.
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