Houston Tea Party Set For Tax Day

HOUSTON, TX, Apr 08 (MARKET WIRE) --
It's a Tea Party -- and it's revolutionary. On Tax Day, Wednesday, April
15, at 4:00 p.m., taxpayers from across Houston and Southeast Texas will
gather in downtown Houston at Jones Plaza to protest unprecedented
government spending in Washington. Wednesday is the deadline for mailing
federal income taxes.

Jones Plaza is located in the theater district across the street from
Jones Hall, at 601 Louisiana at Capital. The venue was changed from the
earlier announced location, when interest from the public grew and more
space was needed.

The Houston Tea Party Society is a non-partisan, grass-roots organization
of citizen taxpayers demanding the roll-back of unprecedented spending
legislation and socialist policy in Washington that threatens to erode our
freedoms and put our children and grandchildren in debt for decades.

"Our commitment is to economic liberty," said Tea Party organizer Felicia
Cravens. "We're not defined by party politics -- in fact, it is Washington
politics that brought us here. 'We the people' want Washington to start
listening -- and not just to the special interests. If they don't listen,
we will find new leaders."

Our U.S. Congress:

-- voted for the $787 billion stimulus package without even reading it
-- Packed $7 billion in earmarks to special interests into the '09
Omnibus Spending Bill
-- passed a budget expected to "double the publicly held national debt,
to over $15 trillion"*

"Washington is taking our hard-earned wealth and redistributing it to
others; punishing those who practice responsible financial behavior,
rewarding those who do not; abandoning free market principles; and putting
future generations in debt," said Felicia Cravens.

The Houston Tea Party website is located at http://houstontps.org. The
Society is planning future events, including a rally on July 4,
Independence Day.

Houston is one of at least 350 American cities and communities across
America where thousands will protest on April 15 -- it is expected to be
the largest multi-city, mass gathering in U.S. history.

The Tea Party movement was inspired by the Chicago group that sprung up
after CNBC reporter Rick Santelli aired traders at the Chicago Mercantile
Exchange expressing their anger about the mortgage bailout. Santelli
challenged Chicago to have a tea party in the Revolutionary spirit of the
Founding Fathers.

*Source: The Heritage Foundation

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