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Bailout and Debt Backlash Forms Multi-Party Coalition and Protest
Mass Demonstration Against $100+ Trillion in Unfunded Obligations Planned in Hartford
Plainfield, CT (6/3/09) – Libertarian Congressional Candidate Dan Reale, Reteaparty.com, Free and Equal, Campaign for Liberty volunteers, the chair of the Connecticut for Lieberman Party and others plan a coalition protest against the bailout and excessive taxation on July 4th, 2009.
“The U.S. government has committed and spent a total of $15 trillion and counting on the bailout”, says Reale. “Not only are the banks and special interests first in line for the money, including foreign banks, but that’s enough to pay off every mortgage and credit card loan in the country.”
According to Robert Fisher, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Social Security and Medicare obligations now total $99.1 trillion “to the infinite horizon”. Reale and others organizing the event stress the importance of objecting now. “If we don’t”, says Reale, “This will mean a net tax increase of 100% or more and hyperinflation when that’s not enough. It will swamp the ship of state.”
When asked what this meant, Reale said, “Whether you pay taxes or not, destroyed purchasing power and lost jobs will eviscerate the economy beyond current reckoning. It will mean a permanent, abrupt and dramatic reduction in almost everyone’s standard of living. And that’s as if we aren’t taxed to death directly, indirectly and through inflation today.”
The event is also being held to set the record straight on the Tea Party movement. Specifically, its organizers wish to address accusations that it is right-wing or somehow motivated by the Republican Party. According to Reale, “This isn’t about left or right. This is about right and wrong, whether we bury our children and grandchildren in debt service or own up to government run amuck.”
The rally will be a multi-party gathering. Participants will unite in support of what Reale calls “putting government back in the box of fiscal restraint”. To accomplish that goal, he says ”We’re bringing together those who represent the majority of Americans, including those who don’t vote because they aren’t aware of their options and others who stand consistently on principle.”
When asked why the emphasis would be on a coalition, Reale said, “It’s really simple. We need not only to stand up against what is wrong and fiscally reckless, but give such a voice to we the people that all dominance and spin among left-wing and right-wing media are permanently dispelled.”
The clear message, according to the organizers, is singular. It is to show that enough mainstream Americans are willing to step forth, be counted and fire Washington if fiscal imprudence continues. “We’re clear that we want to live and let live, not to tell everyone how to live their lives according to the wishes of corporate donors”, says Reale. “Our numbers across the political spectrum will show that the Connecticut delegation to Washington no longer has any discretion to compromise that wish.”
Speakers will include Dan Reale, Peter Schiff, John Mertens of the Connecticut for Lieberman Party, Libertarian Senate Candidate Vincent Arguimbau, Estelle Stevenson of the We the People Foundation, and others.
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