By Connie Lanzisera Taxes! Everyone pays them, right? Wrong. Forty-seven percent of Americans do not pay federal or state income taxes. In fact, a percentage of these non-taxpaying Americans actually receive a refund. How is it possible to receive a refund when no payment has been made in the first place? It is called the…

In the early 1600’s, the societies of Europe were the earth’s intellectual leaders. Their idea of improving societal growth was taxes and religious restrictions. Rewarding self achievement was non-existent. People wanting to climb a ladder of success, that didn’t exist, finally packed up and fled to the new world. They knew they might die but…

Fixing No Child Left Behind By Lisa Nancollas Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., supports proposed legislation to reform No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and further involve the federal government in elementary and secondary education. The bill has been read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pension. Casey, who is a member…

The Tea Party Patriots grassroots movement beaconed to me as a lighthouse beacons a ship to safety. It was guiding ordinary Americans back to the tenets of our Constitution. I joined this movement to surround myself with like-minded patriots whose sole goal was to return our country back to its original principles. A country founded…

Meet one of the oldest Tea Party Patriots! Trumon Cooper was born in 1917, more than a year before the end of World War I. He served his country during World War II in the Air Corps, the forerunner to today’s Air Force. At 94 years old, he has never missed a Tea Party meeting….

Suzanne Guggenheim knows what economic collapse looks like. She grew up behind the Iron Curtain, born the day France was liberated from the Nazis. When she heard Rick Santelli’s now infamous rant in February 2009, she felt “from that very moment, every day of my life has been dedicated to find ways to get people…

Mark Herr has been involved in the Tea Party Movement since February 2009 as a local organizer within the Midsouth Tea Party of Memphis Tennessee. He saw Rick Santelli’s rant on CNBC and couldn’t sit on the sidelines any longer. Shortly after the 2009 Tax Day Tea Parties’ Mark began seeking out like-minded citizens to…

Hans Marsen was born in 1943 Poland, during the worst of World War II. With an Estonian mother and German father, Hans spent the first 10 years of his life in post-war Germany. He immigrated to England in 1952, looking for opportunity, and to America in 1976, still pursuing the dream of wealth. He ran…

Caleb Yee describes himself as “an ordinary 17 year old teen from Hacienda Heights California.” He does not consider himself political; he just thinks “the current generation should clean up their mess before handing it down to us.”   But, looking around his high school, he noticed that “none of my classmates really cared about…