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April 16, 2010

Tea Party Activists Cap Tour with Anti-Tax Rally
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Thousands of activists with the right-wing Tea Party group gathered in
Washington, DC Thursday for an anti-tax rally on Capitol Hill. The Tax
Day protest capped a nationwide bus tour that began three weeks earlier
in Nevada. Progressive critics have warned the Tea Party is tapping into
widespread anger against corporate dominance of the US political system.
One protester said he was drawn to the rally to oppose government
bailouts of Wall Street.

Protester: “What I care about is seeing what Obama’s done with the
bailout, and he’s going to continue to bail out these banks. And I want
to see the banks stop getting bailed out and start bailing out the
people, start investing in small business, start investing in the middle
class, not Wall Street, not GE, not GM, not these big companies.”



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