150,000 Tea Partiers March On Virtual Washington

Not every American fed up with the federal government's increasing debt and tax burden made it to Washington, D.C., for last fall's tea party rally, but now a website is harnessing the power of "avatars" to create a new march that anyone with a computer can participate in.

Over 150,000 people have already joined the Online Tax Revolt, a citizens' virtual march on the nation's capital that will culminate on April 15 with actual events in Washington, D.C.

Organizers clarify that the Revolt is not a refusal to pay taxes for needed government operations, but a rejection of the federal government hiding behind a complicated tax system to mask astounding levels of spending and national debt.

"The Online Tax Revolt is open to every American who believes taxes and spending are out of control, harmful to our country and a threat to our nation's future," states the campaign's chairman and FairTax advocate Ken Hoagland on the Revolt's website. "Our economic future and that of future generations is at stake. … We're in serious trouble, and it falls to us to get the nation back on track. This march is a wake-up call to everyone in Washington that the American people won't be ignored any longer."

Though the 150,000 who have signed up so far represent a grassroots movement to make their voices heard in Washington, a number of national figures have also joined the cause. Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher, TV talk host Mike Huckabee, radio personalities Michael Reagan, Neal Boortz and Martha Zoller, as well as Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, are among the growing group of those who will "lead" virtual teams of protesters to the capital.

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