{"id":543,"date":"2009-09-13T12:31:37","date_gmt":"2009-09-13T16:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=543"},"modified":"2009-09-13T20:09:05","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T00:09:05","slug":"view-from-the-9-12-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/543\/view-from-the-9-12-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"View from the 9-12 Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 9-12 taxpayer rally was simply an amazing experience.\u00a0 I arrived just before noon, having to endure a packed Metro ride full of taxpayers headed to the event.<\/p>\n

It took about 30 minutes to walk from 12th and Pennsylvania to the Capitol.\u00a0 Contrary to what some left-of-center pundits might say, the rally was not<\/span> packed with crazies preaching secession.<\/p>\n

The rally was full with ordinary taxpayers who drove thousands of miles for the rally.\u00a0 I met a group from Georgia who drove through the night to attend the rally.\u00a0 They planned to drive through the night again because they couldn’t afford to spend two nights in a hotel.\u00a0 They weren’t paid off by anyone to come and this was actually the first protest they had ever attended.<\/p>\n

This was not an AstroTurf rally.\u00a0 The 9-12 rally was a legitimate expression of taxpayer frustration over reckless taxing and spending.\u00a0 Estimates vary from 60,000 to 100,000, but whatever the number, the experience was amazing and the politicians in this city ought to listen.\u00a0 As our friend Andrew Moylan noted<\/a>, “Hell hath no fury like a taxpayer ignored.”<\/p>\n

Here is some footage:
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