I told you the tea party movement was grassroots not a front.
We proved it on Saturday when hundreds of citizens showed up to protest big government in NY and nary a “suit” in sight.
Here’s how to judge the mood out there in flyover country.
When I spoke, I said the first thing we need to do is economic education. I said I had written a short intro (PDF) to (Austrian) economics and wanted to distribute it to every household in Erie County.I said, I knew there a person in the crowd who would take it upon themselves to raise the $20,000 for printing.
At that point, much to my amazement, people started coming forward with twenties! For a pamphlet on Austrian Economics!
We raised $2,000 in ten minutes.
So, in the next few days, thousands of people in Erie County are going to get a booklet urging them to read Rothbard, Mises, Rockwell, Bastiat, Murphy, Hazlitt and Callahan.
Amazing!
8:42 am on March 30, 2009