People will gather on the lawn of the Auburn University Library from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday as part of the national Tax Day Tea Party.
The tea parties are a form of protest against the way the federal government spends taxpayer money. They are timed to coincide with the April 15 deadline for filing taxes.
“We’re going to try to make it look similar to the Boston Tea Party,” said Betty Jones, one of the organizers of the event, referring to the famous Dec. 16, 1773, protest by American patriots against tea taxes levied by the British.
People will throw tea bags into a pool at Auburn’s event.
“It’s non-partisan, it’s for everybody who’s really upset with what’s going on with our government,” Jones said.
She is worried about the large amounts of money being spent by Washington in an attempt to pull the country out of the recession.
“These bailouts have been just so astronomical,” she said. “I can’t sit here and be upset and not do something about it.”
The event will have music and speakers, including GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim James.
Jones said she hopes more than 1,000 people will attend.
Dr. Paige Collins, a dentist from Valley, and Caroline Wren, an Auburn student, helped organize the event.
“Our tax dollars are going towards things we don’t think they should go for,” Collins said. “If I got into trouble, I doubt the government is going to come bail me out. They’re spending more money than they have.”
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