Teabagged

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I spent lunchtime in White Plains, NY where 250, mostly middle-class and mainly older voters, and a handful of fellow merry pranksters, hovered at the intersection of Route 100 and the Bronx River Parkway.

Note to my right-wing brethren – take it from someone who’s attended his share of rallies. You have to start on time. You have to bring a PA system or at least a bullhorn, especially if you are holding a rally between two major highways. Your first speaker should be someone with something more exciting than how New York funds county governments.

But I digress.

Only in America would middle class folk show up in the middle of the day to support tax cuts for individuals who are far wealthier than they will ever be. I’ve always believed that paying taxes, along with voting and attending baseball games is one of those things that we are privileged, as Americans, to be able to do. To support our neighbors, to educate our children, build roads and bridges and a more just society – these things aren’t abstractions but part of who we are and what makes our society work.

Honestly, I found the whole demonstration to be depressing.

My pictures are here. More thoughts on the rally from A Considered Argument.

Complete coverage from the Huffington Post here.

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