Apr 15, 2009 10:48 pm US/Eastern
Miami-Dade, Broward Hold Tax Day Tea Parties
FT. LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ―
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Michael Kane and his grandmother Carol Brody attended the tea party outside the federal courthouse in Fort Lauderdale. Brody wants to teach her grandson about his right to protest.
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The South Florida protests for the "Tax Day Tea Party" lead thousands of people to hit the streets. Carol Brody brought her 12-year-old grandson.
"I wanted him to experience the American right to protest against anything," Brody told
CBS4's Jorge Estevez outside the Federal Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale.
In Miami-Dade County, two thousand people showed up at the mail facility in Northwest Miami Dade to show their support for this tax day event.
"I think more kids should get into what America is all about," said Michael Kane, Brody's Grandson, who stood next to his grandmother and others holding signs to show their disgust over President Obama's administration and what they call government overspending. Carol and Michael were among the crowd of more than five thousand people.
The South Florida crowds were strong. From
Chopper 4, you could see how the Fort Lauderdale crowd overtook the sidewalks along Broward Boulevard. These people are protesting what they believe is taxation without representation.
"Yes, we certainly are because I didn't vote for this," said Brody, who had a simple explanation for her grandson about what it's like to unwillingly pay taxes. "I tried to explain this to him during Halloween. The kids next door didn't go trick or treating and you spent two hours gathering candy. Do you think you should give 50 percent of your candy to the kids that didn't bother to go?"
As for Kane, although he can't vote, he feels he is representing himself for now as best he can. "I really don't want that to happen to my future, my generation," said Kane.
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