01-04-2025
Chuck High Taxes
The Boston Tea Party by John Andrew, "Ballou's Pictorial", 1856. It represents the scene at Griffin's Wharf, Boston, on the night of December 16, 1773, when a band of Bostonians, thinly disguised as Indians, boarded three British Tea ships and threw overboard 342 chests of tea in protest against the British attempt to tax American tea consumption. BPA2# 5131.
In a recent TV appearance, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–NY) mocked taxpayers who complain about the level of government taxation. He implied that only a 'small group of wealthy, greedy people' who, he says, control the GOP are critical about how much our leaders are taking out of people's pockets.
Polls show most Americans feel they're overtaxed. Next year marks our nation's 250th birthday. Out-of-touch Washington politicians like Senator Schumer resemble our former British overlords whose haughty attitudes on taxation and government oppression sparked a revolution.
