How devastating would the Boston Tea Party have been if the Sons of Liberty had internet access?

About as devastating as the current tea party in washington.

If IF and BUTS were candy and nuts we would be having Christmas every day.

They didn't have internet access so the question is moot.

The liberals on Yahoo Answers would have just told us to shut up and pay our taxes like good patriotic Colonists!

Interesting question, and the word would have gotten out sooner.

However, the people did just fine communicating by talking to each other - to phone, no cell phone, no tv, no national newspapers to speak of and yet they got the message out that they had enough.

We need to get our Senators and members of congress to listen as we JUST SAY NO to the bail out.

The American taxpayer was not mean to bail out a corporation.

If you want to read about special deals to the Secretary of the Treasury, and to others who give up CEO corporate jobs and go to work for the Federal Govt, and then have tax free stock sales, read on:

Henry Paulson, Secretary of the US Treasury made $37 million as CEO of Goldman Sachs in 2005, $16.5 million in 2006 from Goldman Sachs and in 2006 he received a salary as US Treasury Secretary after he used his political influence to get a job from The Bush Admin.

Henry Paulson in 2006 gave $100 million of his Goldman Sachs since he was the primary stockholder, to his family.

Henry Paulson asked the US govt. for permission to sell $500 million of Goldman Sachs stock because it was illegal for him to have a conflict of interest by having this stock.

This meant that in 2006 Henry Paulson sold $500 million of Goldman Sachs stock and did not pay the $200 million of IRS income taxes.

This means that for 2006 Henry Paulson received $16.5 million salary from Goldman Sachs, 1/2 year of US Secty. Treasury salary, and a bonus of $200 million by having a $500 million tax free sale of his Goldman Sachs transactions by going to work for the Bush Administration.

Perhaps this answers the question "WHY WOULD A BILLIONNAIRE GO TO WORK FOR THE US GOVERNMENT for ABOUT $191,300 PER YEAR, or for $96,000 for the 1/2 year of 2006 ".

Did Henry Paulson plan to evade US income taxes on the sale of his Goldman Sachs stock of $500 million by going to work for the government and using the IRS loophole to his advantage?

Did Henry Paulson have knowledge in 2006 that Goldman Sachs and the markets were having financial trouble and that it was a good time to sell, and thereby having insider trader knowledge since he was the CEO of Goldman Sachs and the majority stockholder for years?

Did he have a conflict of interest by giving $100 million in stock to his family in 2006?

Is Henry Paulson's pension still tied to Goldman Sachs, and so the conflict of interest still exists, even if he did not collect it yet? Or, did Henry Paulson give up his pension at Goldman Sachs which I believe is about $1 million per year when he decides to collect, since he was the CEO and majority stockholder for years?

Any person can put their investments in a blind trust instead of selling their stock when they go to work for the government.

Why in 2006 did Henry Paulson decide to get rid of $600 million worth of stock instead of setting up a blind trust as the IRS law allows, and did he have CEO insider knowledge that the MARKETS were in trouble?

Is this the man who is presenting this to Congress today, Wed., Sept. 24, 2008 and who was paid in 2006 by Goldman Sachs as CEO?

GOD bless us always.

MBA-Boston Univ.

CPA-retired