SLIDESHOW: Kids Say The Darndest Things At Anti-Tax Tea Parties
HuffPost Citizen Journalist Bess Kalb | April 16, 2009 at 04:34 PM
Bess Kalb, a senior at Brown University, attended the Providence, RI Tea Party as a HuffPost citizen journalist. She interviewed a surprising number of slogan-wielding youth along with a couple of adults. Eight interviews and their corresponding photographs are below:
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Aviva and Isabelle are not happy. (all photos by Bess Kalb)
1. Aviva, 11 and Isabelle, 8
Q: What brings you out here today? Aviva: The big stimulus.
Q: How do you feel about the stimulus? Aviva: It's not making me happy. Isabelle: Obama is not making me happy.
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George MaCauley
2. George MaCauley
Q: Does that sign reflect your mood today? A: I'm mad as hell, and I'm not about to take it anymore.
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Emily, 8 and Samuel
3. Emily, 8 and Samuel, 10
Q: Why are you here? (silence) Mother: To oppose Obama's trillion dollar budget. To cut the pork. Samuel: For the pork. Q: How do you feel about pork spending? Samuel: I like pork. Mother: No you don't. We don't like excess spending. Samuel: I do. I like pork.
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Kaitlin, 9, Kyla, 5, and Jon
4. Kaitlin, 9, Kyla, 5 and Jon
Q: Why are you here today? Kyla: I don't know. Jon: You did in the car. Kaitlin: To lower taxes. Jon: It's going to be them that bears the brunt of this. Kaitlin: In the future.
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Evan, 8, Marina, 9 and Vera 4 with their mother
5. Evan, 8, Marina, 9 and Vera, 4
Q: Is that Barney Frank? Evan: No. Marina: Yes.
Q: How do you guys feel about the job he's doing? Marina: Bad. Evan: I don't know. Mother: If it were up to Barney Frank, Evan, you'll start your life in debt. Evan: That's why we're protesting. Marina: And term limits.
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Dan Forbes, "No Relation" (Brown '97)
6. Dan Forbes, "No Relation" (Brown '97)
Q: You don't fit in here. Dan: I'm a financial planner.
Q: Do you protest much? Dan: Never. I've never gone protesting before.
Q: Why today? Dan: I came to observe.
Q: You left the office at 3 in the afternoon. Dan: I have a lot in common with these guys. We want the same thing, basically.
Q: What's that? Dan: We want to better our financial situation. We've all got kids to send to school.
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Victoria, "10th-grader"
7. Victoria, "10th-grader" "How Do You Like the Change So Far?"
Q: What kind of change would you like to see? Victoria: I like change in general.
Q: What's wrong with change so far? Victoria: I didn't make this sign. My friend did.
Q: Why are you holding it? Victoria: The blue, see? (holds it to her shirt)
Q: Oh. It's the same color. Victoria: I'm gonna go protest now.
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Anne, 7, Alexander, 9 and Philip
8. Anne, 7 and Alexander, 9
Q: Your parents seem to be British. Alexander: They're from England.
Q: This protest is modeled on the Boston Tea Party, when Americans ransacked British ships carrying tea. Alexander: I don't think so. Father: It's true. But we're over it. Anne: I'm American but they're not.
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