Category: Taxes & Taxation

During last spring’s tea party demonstrations, the liberal media ridiculed the participants for naming their events after history’s most famous tax revolt. Reporters wondered aloud whether those ill-informed red-state troglodytes understood that they were among the 95 percent of Americans …

My patience was short with the newspaper reporter. I am Lloyd Marcus, singer/songwriter, black conservative activist and participant on the national Tea Party Express II tour; 19 states; 40 rallies. At our finale rally in Orlando, Florida, a reporter approached …

The Internal Revenue Service will be more aggressive in collecting back taxes and prosecuting Americans accused of tax evasion, according to the new Treasury Secretary, Timothy Geithner.

A reporter tried to pull me into it, “What do you think about this tea party organization not liking that tea party organization?” I said disagreements are inevitable because human beings are involved. Everyone has their opinion regarding the best …

Money may not really buy love or make the world go round, but it certainly does help society to function efficiently. Money, which is assigned a value, is the item of exchange we use if we want to purchase something. …

The TEA Party movement, which started for most as a small grassroots effort by disenchanted Americans to voice their disapproval with the government, is now growing to epic proportions. The movement has transcended the bounds of simply being events that …

The 1776 Declaration was a resolution to throw off the tyranny of big government.

Borrowing from the 1776 document, the history of the present political administration is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment …

A concerned patriot wrote me the following. “…our Tea Party efforts are taking a weird turn. As you know the April 15th nationwide rallies were a BIG success! The issues were Runaway Federal Spending and lack of primarily, the Federal …

What should be isn’t always what is, we all know. For instance, government is supposed to serve its people. However, more often than not government becomes a burden, an iron boot heel on the neck, and if not so egregiously …

Fellow Patriots!

Good afternoon, and welcome to our tea party!

Let me begin with a quote from Thomas Jefferson:
• “When governments fear people, there is liberty.”
• “When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”

Pericles said in 430 BC, “Just because you do not take an interest in politics does not mean that politics will not take an interest in you.” No statement is more true today than that one.

I just got home from my local Indiana small town tea party protest, and I’d like to clarify a few misconceptions I have heard in the media recently. First, our protest was a dignified, calm, non violent event, in …

As the price of cigarettes rises — in the New York City metropolitan area they cost nearly $10.00 per pack or about $100.00 for a carton of ten packs — and there are more and more government programs aimed at …

This week’s column is a major departure from the style and format of previous columns. It is a transcript of my speech to the “Tax Day Tea Party” gathering held on the steps of the State Capitol Building in Cheyenne …

Given the attention span of the average citizen how long can we expect Tea Party Mania to last? It’s my opinion this time someone’s hit on a winning strategy to change the face of Washington. There isn’t much that’s more …