How do you take your tea?

Wow, over 12,000,000 by my estimate attended a Tea Party somewhere in America yesterday.

There were over 12,000 events reported, and I estimate an average of 1,000 people at each event - some had less, and some had several thousand in attendance. In fact, that 12,000,000 number is probably low.

The remarkable thing is that people took time off from work or took their kids or braved the rain (as we did) - not to hear political speeches or campaign promises - but to come together as a collective voice to say enough!

In fact, I saw several signs that uses the acronym Taxed Enough Already (TEA).

The nice thing about this movement is that it truly is nonpartisan. Everyone in Congress as well as Bush and Obama can take the blame for out of control spending, huge entitlement programs, over-regulation, bailouts, waste, pork, and earmarks. They all had a hand in it, and many openly endorsed, supported, and spearheaded it.

As free marketers, this has gotton way, way out of hand. Yesterday was the first step for the citizens of America to serve notice on Washington that their days of "business as usual" are limited, and that pink slips with their names on them are being prepared.

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