Ouch: Tea Party rally cost taxpayers almost $14,000

[Hepburn]

As Michele Bachmann riled a group of feisty Tea Partiers to rail against taxes and government spending, taxpayers were quietly forced to pick up a $13,600 tab for their festivities.

New expense reports from last November's Tea Party gathering in Washington, D.C. reveal that the rally comprising thousands of protesters was funded by official congressional money, according to the the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

For the sound, staging and equipment, Bachmann (R-MN) was financially assisted by taxpayer-funded allowances from Reps. Todd Akin (R-MO), Tom Price (R-GA), and Steve King (R-IA).

But despite natural ire at the abuse of taxpayer funds, experts suggest that the lawmakers acted within congressional rules as long as the event was not campaign-related.

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0414/tea-party-rally-cost-taxpayers-14000/

They want less government -- unless is pays their expenses! Hypocrites much? Sheesh...

[bluestateguy]

1. We should flip them the bill

nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

2. definitley (then they would think twice about rallying)

[Hepburn]

3. I just love looking more closely at what they do and not just what they say.

There she is -- Welfare Queen Bachman...at the trough again!

[Frustratedlady]

4. Beck and Fox News should get the bill.

They promote this junk and stand back to see the fireworks.

[Hepburn]

5. Someone other than taxpayers should pay for a...

...protest against the waste of taxpayer money!

Guess Bachman did not see the irony is where the money came from to support the rally.

How dumb can anyone be!!!

[gatorboy]

6. "As long as the event was not campaign-related"

How is it not campaign related? They're all basically campaigning against Democrats.

[Hepburn]

7. I guess against someone is OK...for someone is not???

:shrug:

[bobburgster]

8. Make Palin pay....

with the 12 million she's made spewing bs!

[Hepburn]

9. Would that payment come with a flexie straw?

:evilgrin:

[BlueIdaho]

10. So they are using government dollars to serve a splinter group?

Doesn't that make them all socialists?

[Hepburn]

11. Could be...

....but don't Palin or Bachman! :evilgrin:

[Subdivisions]

12. Goddamned commie pinko socialist pigs. n/t

[virgogal]

13. All rallies cost the taxpayer something.

[johnnie]

14. True

But not all rallies are about the government blowing taxpayers money.

[walldude]

15. So they are spending tax money to protest high taxes in a year

where supposedly only 50% of Americans are paying taxes.

Wow, where do I sign up :rofl: