Tea Party Groups Assail Public Employee Unions in Olympia

“Good morning Taxpayers!” announced Lasse Lund, looking at the Tea Partiers standing on the snow-covered steps of the Legislative Building. They  were here at the Washington state capitol in Olympia on Saturday February 26, to protest against unions. Mixed among the professionally printed signs and the ubiquitous yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” and American flags, Tea Party supporters held handmade signs with slogans including “Repeal Collective Bargaining of Public Sector Unions,” “Stop Greedy Union Bosses!” “I support the American Family Tax Payer & Gov. Scott Walker,” “We Want a Right To Work State,” “Our Kids Can’t afford your pension,” “Obama, Where is Your Long Form Birth Certificate,” and “My 401K Says I Believe in America. Your Govt Pension Says You Believe in Welfare.”