On April 15, large, angry and somewhat wacky crowds of Republican-backed and Fox News-supported "tea party" protesters joined the usual groups of more sedate and earnest peace activists to demonstrate against President Barack Obama's proposed 2010 budget Whether they were mad about deficit spending and high taxes [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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It’s ridiculous how big this budget is. I wish i knew exactly where everything went. Surely the money is it not used to it’s best potential
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