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Billionaires for Wealthcare Defuse Town Hall Tensions

San Francisco Bay Area, 29.08.2009

Health care reform activists dressed as fictitious "Billionaires for Wealthcare" demonstrated on August 26 at a town hall held by US Congress member Anna Eshoo (D) in Menlo Park. The Billionaires brought comic relief to some of the strain that right-wing "Tea Party" protesters, who were at the town hall to demonstrate against health care reform, brought to the event .

Constituents of Congresswoman Anna Eshoo were treated to an action satirizing the Tea Party "patriot" movement at a town hall in Menlo Park on August 26. Single payer plan proponents dressed as wealthy insurance executives sidled up to anti health care reform protesters and thanked them for helping to support "survival of the richest." Some of the right wing extremists thought the Billionaires were on their side before realizing they were facing a counter-demonstration bent on ridiculing the Tea Party's platform.

The town hall meeting, which was not about health care but high speed rail, was well attended. The Menlo Park City Council Chambers was filled to capacity, and an overflow crowd of about 100 listened to the Congresswoman and other presenters from hastily assembled folding chairs in the outdoor courtyard.

Demonstrators on both sides of the health care reform issue remained outside of the Council Chambers. After the town hall ended at about 9:00pm, a few feathers from the Billionaires' boas floated across the empty patio.

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