Tea Time Has Arrived: 'We the People' versus Washington Bureaucracy [Paperback]

Charles Peters (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 14, 2009

If Charlie Peters had lived during the American Revolution, he would be written up in our history books. In TEA Time Has Arrived, Peters goes after the hypocrisy and waste prevalent throughout our government. The author’s concept of TEA (Taxed Enough Already) explains his dissatisfaction, as mirrored in his previous book, The National Debt? The Sinking of America! While taxation is the basis of his complaint, it is only part of the problem. Peters echoes so many citizens in his diatribe against the dishonesty and underhanded dealings of a government taking liberties with the lives and futures of its people. The word that sits at the heart of his condemnation is accountability. Could our freedoms be eroded if our leaders were forced to be accountable for loopholes and pork in their bills? As readers learn about the author’s early exposure to government corruption, we learn how, through the years, this keen observer and active voice against the status quo came to fight for our rights.

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About the Author

Charlie Peters is an American citizen deeply concerned about the state of his nation. After having witnessed and experienced first-hand the abuse of power becoming increasingly prevalent in the United States, Peters took a stand. This book is a call to action for everyone who recognizes the need for a change and is looking for a way to make a difference.

Product Details

• Paperback: 614 pages
• Publisher: BookSurge Publishing (October 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1439256934
• ISBN-13: 978-1439256930
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,741,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Professional Review of "TEA Time Has Arrived", November 14, 2009

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Charles A. Peters "Charlie Peters" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tea Time Has Arrived: 'We the People' versus Washington Bureaucracy (Paperback)

"Antigovernment invective with some redeeming qualities."

"Peters is mad as hell and not just about U.S. taxes. In TEA Time Has Arrived, he rails against what he perceives to be the governmental control of people's lives. One must appreciate the sheer amount of effort put into this book. The author includes an extensive history in startling detail of two bills--HR-3997 and HR-1424--that ultimately became the "Emergency Economic Stimulus Act of 2008." Peters then analyzes, with an appropriately jaundiced eye, the various aspects of the legislation. He discusses issues like healthcare reform and global warming in similarly withering fashion. He relates the popularity of the April 2009 anti-tax "TEA Parties" to the American Revolution--an uprising caused in part, he says, because of unreasonable taxation: "The TEA parties (Taxed Enough Already) were not a protest against pay [sic] taxes. They were a protest against paying too many taxes, and the waste that is associated with the way tax dollars are spent, and the favoritism with which tax dollars are earmarked, and who they are earmarked towards." Despite clunky writing, Peters gets his points across. Thankfully, the author also sees the black humor in the country's crises. The "ratios" he has created for the government are amusingly accurate--the Corruption Ratio ("the corruption we know about divided by all the corruption that exists in government"), the Removal Ratio ("the number of elected officials that have been removed from office divided by the number of elected officials that should be removed from office") and the Deception Ratio ("the government deception that we know about divided by all the government deception"). The book succeeds in offering a glimpse at the widespread anger and frustration surrounding the American government's ineptitude.
An overlong but thorough personal diatribe." By Kirkus Discoveries, Nielsen Business Media