Article in the Appalachian

Here's the article from the Appalachian. This is good overall, but we will definitely have to work hard to separate ourselves from the Campus Republicans...

Students throw modern day tea party on Tax Day
Tuesday, 07 April 2009

by EDWARD SZTUKOWSKI
News Reporter

State representatives may receive an unwelcome gift in the mail April 15, or tax day.

Students from the Campaign for Liberty and the College Republicans plan to participate in an event on tax day, to voice their concerns about the bailouts and the Federal Reserve System.

The tax day event includes taking a day off work, skipping school, withdrawing money from the bank for a few days, wearing a white wristband and mailing a tea bag to state representatives.

The tea bag is a throwback to the Boston Tea Party; students hope their representatives will get the idea.

“We want to instruct President Barack Obama on policies he should pursue and express outrage at people in the government,” Tim B. Reaves, senior journalism major and member of the Campaign for Liberty said. “Our group goes beyond economics to assert what we believe is the right direction we should go in.”

Participants are encouraged to wear white wristbands to increase visibility.

According to slaveuprising.com, 2,000 years ago a Roman Senator suggested all slaves wear white wristbands to better identify them.

Another Senator responded that it would cause the slaves to revolt if they saw how many of them there were.

“We want to shock the system and makes people realize that we are the true holders of power in the country,” Reaves said.

Reaves encourages students of all political spectrums to participate in the event.

“I want there to be opposing viewpoints at this assembly,” Reaves said. “Political activist organizations are welcome to show up.”

Reaves stresses the assembly is not so much about republicans or conservatives, and the Campaign for Liberty will be focusing on the Federal Reserve System.

They want to raise awareness for the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, which would reform the ways the Federal Reserve is audited.
“The Federal Reserve is a private bank, Congress has no oversight. It has power over the economy, but we have no power,” Reaves said. “If they have to fully audit, we could prove without a shadow of doubt how its actions led to our problems.”