On July 30 millions of conservatives plan to 'call in conservative'--no work and no spending money on that day.
This is protest with teeth. Read all about it at Columbia Conservative Examiner.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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This sounds like a bad email forward. Remember all those forwards that told us to not by gas on a particular day in order to show those evil oil companies that we have power. This is the same concept and it's not going to work.
First, there is no direct impact on the government. Taxes will be effected, you say. No they won't. If I need gas or food, I'm going to buy it on the 29th or the 31st. I can't not eat that day. The government may not get money for that day but the spending will be almost identical over the course of the week.
Second, there will be a huge impact on local businesses. Most of these small business owners are conservatives. Instead of going out to eat at your local pizza shop, you go to the grocery store on the 29th. Now your local dollars become national dollars and you are hurting your local community.
You told me on Twitter that we needed to have a backbone. You want to have a real backbone? Don't complete the full census. Just give the census taker the number of people in your household. That bit of backbone will cost you a $100 fine. I've already got my $100 set aside.
You have more backbone that I? Don't pay your income taxes. That will punish the ones you really want to punish.
I have a few opinions as usual:
http://aroundotown.blogspot.com/2009/06/its-officialjuly-30th.html
I wonder how many OUT OF WORK Conservatives are gonna not go in to, uh, wait..
Not go in to work?? The next day unemployment would be UP, a lot of businesses will be looking for new employees, this is a target rich environment. Folks are desperate for jobs.
I am not at all convinced that *calling in conservative* is a good thing, UNLESS, those that do actually take to the streets in a concerted effort and massive PUBLIC protest.
If anyone thinks *calling in conservative* and then sitting on their fat asses at home is an effective protest, they need their heads examined.
Protests, in order to be effective tools for political change, have to be covered by the press in such a way as to generate sympathy in the general population.
Pop quiz: The major networks are sympathetic to which political party?
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