[A] wise and frugal government... shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government...
On Saturday, 18,000 people from 3 states took time out of their holiday weekend, spent money out of their own pockets ($5 to park plus whatever they spent on food and drinks) to gather in a dusty open field for a Freedom Rally at Voice of America Park in West Chester, OH (see previous post). The speakers list included mostly local people of whom most of us had never heard, and featured a town hall with three Congressional Reps (including the House Minority leader) and a gubernatorial candidate.
On Monday, the AFL-CIO local had its annual dues-subsidized picnic at Coney Island, one of the tri-state’s most popular amusement parks: a union member could get parking, admission to the park, the picnic, and an all-day pass for all the rides (which would normally run around $35 without the food or drinks) for around $11. And oh yeah; their speaker was President Barack Obama (whose name they misspelled on their website, BTW).
Their turnout? 4,500.
Think about that: we pay our own way to spend the day in a dusty field in the middle of nowhere to promote the cause of freedom, and we draw 4 times as many people as the President does to a union-subsidized picnic at one of the area’s favorite amusement parks.
Says a lot about where America stands, doesn’t it?
Freedom Rally Outdraws President 4 to 1
Here’s a stark contrast for you:
On Saturday, 18,000 people from 3 states took time out of their holiday weekend, spent money out of their own pockets ($5 to park plus whatever they spent on food and drinks) to gather in a dusty open field for a Freedom Rally at Voice of America Park in West Chester, OH (see previous post). The speakers list included mostly local people of whom most of us had never heard, and featured a town hall with three Congressional Reps (including the House Minority leader) and a gubernatorial candidate.
Their turnout? 4,500.
Think about that: we pay our own way to spend the day in a dusty field in the middle of nowhere to promote the cause of freedom, and we draw 4 times as many people as the President does to a union-subsidized picnic at one of the area’s favorite amusement parks.
Says a lot about where America stands, doesn’t it?
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