Comments on: Nationwide Tea Party http://www.insidegov.org/?p=444 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:47:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Grandma Betty http://www.insidegov.org/?p=444&cpage=1#comment-6889 Grandma Betty Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:52:34 +0000 http://www.insidegov.org/?p=444#comment-6889 The San Antonio Texas Tea Party had 20,000 in attendance. I was there and it was awesome! Peaceful, friendly, well organized! Looking forward to seeing more folks join in this movement! <abbr><em>Grandma Betty’s last blog post..<a href="http://etsysupplyshoppe.blogspot.com/2009/04/tuesday-feels-like-monday.html" rel="nofollow">Tuesday -- Feels Like Monday!</a></abbr></em> The San Antonio Texas Tea Party had 20,000 in attendance. I was there and it was awesome! Peaceful, friendly, well organized! Looking forward to seeing more folks join in this movement!

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]]> By: Harrison http://www.insidegov.org/?p=444&cpage=1#comment-6852 Harrison Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:48:10 +0000 http://www.insidegov.org/?p=444#comment-6852 The Tea Act lowered taxes, it didn't raise them. Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor because they couldn't sell the cheaper tea they smuggled in from England for less money once the East India Trading Company didn't have to sell it for so much. Call it an 18th Century bailout of that company. <abbr><em>Harrison’s last blog post..<a href="http://harrisonprice.com/2009/03/17/more-than-all-the-tea-in-china/" rel="nofollow">More than all the Tea in China</a></abbr></em> The Tea Act lowered taxes, it didn’t raise them. Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor because they couldn’t sell the cheaper tea they smuggled in from England for less money once the East India Trading Company didn’t have to sell it for so much. Call it an 18th Century bailout of that company.

Harrison’s last blog post..More than all the Tea in China

]]> By: Harrison http://www.insidegov.org/?p=444&cpage=1#comment-6850 Harrison Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:57:11 +0000 http://www.insidegov.org/?p=444#comment-6850 There is a huge misunderstanding about the Boston Tea Party. Colonists and smugglers were buying tea in England where it was cheaper and re-selling it in the American colonies, undercutting the East India Trading Company. So, in response, King George CUT the taxes on the tea from the East India Trading Company which essentially killed the black market for colonists and they got upset and dumped tea into Boston harbor. So all of these people protesting higher taxes by claiming to have another Boston Tea Party are actually ignorant of their own history. Check it out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_tea_party#Tea_Act_1773 <abbr><em>Harrison’s last blog post..<a href="http://harrisonprice.com/2009/03/17/more-than-all-the-tea-in-china/" rel="nofollow">More than all the Tea in China</a></abbr></em> There is a huge misunderstanding about the Boston Tea Party. Colonists and smugglers were buying tea in England where it was cheaper and re-selling it in the American colonies, undercutting the East India Trading Company. So, in response, King George CUT the taxes on the tea from the East India Trading Company which essentially killed the black market for colonists and they got upset and dumped tea into Boston harbor.

So all of these people protesting higher taxes by claiming to have another Boston Tea Party are actually ignorant of their own history. Check it out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_tea_party#Tea_Act_1773

Harrison’s last blog post..More than all the Tea in China

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