‘Tea Party’ draws large crowd in Kane County
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An angry crowd including one man wielding an actual pitchfork gathered outside the Kane County Government Center in canada goose coats on sale Geneva on canadian goose jacket Tax Day to protest what those assembled see as runaway government spending.
The “Taxpayer Tea Party,” which drew about 200 people, was hosted by the Conservative Catholic Women’s League of Kane County. It was held in conjunction the events across the country that were designed to “stand up against bailouts, wasteful spending, increased taxes canada goose outlet black friday and giveaways that reward bad behavior,” organizers said.
The assembled protesters circled around speakers that included state Sen. Chris Lauzen, R 25th District, of Aurora and state Rep. Tim Schmitz, R 49th District, of Batavia. The crowd carried signs with messages such as “Free Markets not Freeloaders” and “Say No to Socialism.”
Speakers criticized canada goose store leaders both in Washington and Springfield for tax increase proposals, bank bailouts and the $782 billion federal economic stimulus package.
Bob McQuillan, 52, of Geneva drew loud reactions from the crowd buy canada goose jacket cheap with his remarks. McQuillan is a member of the grassroots group Fair Accountable Controlled Tax Spending, also know as FACTS. Its members attend local government meetings and e mail summaries to the rest of the group.
“At 30 plus years of business experience, I’ve been downsized, right sized and outsourced three times since 1995,” McQuillan said. “The one constant in the last 36 years is I’ve always paid my taxes.
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McQuillan received a round of applause when he quoted a famous goose outlet canada line from the 1976 film “Network.”
“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!” he said.
Lauzen decried what he called “an internal cancer of uncontrollable appetites to spend and indulge ourselves in our government.”
He criticized Gov. Pat Quinn’s proposed 50 percent increase canada goose outlet uk in the state income tax, from 3 percent to 4.5 percent, and called on all levels of government to canada goose outlet online “live within your means without a tax increase.”
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Michael Stanek of Batavia, a 20 year old Waubonsee Community College student, criticized Foster for his canada goose clearance sale recent request for $51.3 million in appropriations for district projects, including $550,000 for pedestrian traffic signals in Batavia.