No matter what James Carville may
think, the Tea Party is alive and well. The Southwestern Pennsylvania
Tea Party held an event in Greensburg, Pa on Saturday July 7th.
About 1000 patriots filled St. Clair Park in the small Pennsylvania
town.
Adam
Schaeffer of the CATO Institute extolled
the virtues of Pennsylvania's Educational Improvement Tax Credit
program. The EITC helps students trapped in failing schools to attend
the school that best fits their educational needs. Stressing the need
to remove government from our educational system, Mr. Schaeffer
discussed his work to expand and develop programs like the EITC that
provide money for school choice without government intervention or
mandates.
Ben
Kinchlow, radio personality and author, delivered the keynote speech.
Mr. Kinchlow talked about his youth and involvement in the civil
rights movement. He delivered a resounding laugh line when he said he
worked long and hard to get black people elected to office, and now
he is working to get one out.
Mr.
Kinchlow left us with this memorable quote, “When
a government becomes powerful it is destructive, extravagant and
violent; it is an usurer which takes bread from innocent mouths and
deprives honorable men of their substance, for votes with which to
perpetuate itself.” Though this could be said of our current
government.” The quote is from Cicero about 56 B.C.
