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Yesterday, on April 15th millions of Americans scrambled to file their taxes. It also marked the day that scores of Tea Partiers demonstrated to decry an issue near and dear to them. In demonstrations throughout the country—including multiple events at the nation’s capital—they rallied against what they saw as onerous taxation by the federal government. The protests come in the wake of 25 separate tax cuts passed by the Obama administration that overwhelmingly benefit the 95% of Americans in working and middle class families. A series of polls shed some light on the fuel behind Tea Party fury. A newly-released NYT/CBS poll demonstrates that, “[t]he 18 percent of Americans who identify themselves as Tea Party supporters tend to be Republican, white, male, married and older than 45.” And, while most Tea Party supporters identify themselves as middle class, they are more likely than the general public to make six-figure incomes. The poll also shows surprisingly that despite the fact that Tea Partiers are taking to the streets in protest of taxes, they believe that public schools, Social Security, and Medicare benefits are worth the price they pay to the government. Yesterday in West Los Angeles, a small tea party gathering of 50-100 took place outside the office of Senator Dianne Feinstein. Uprising correspondent Chris Bennett was there and files this exclusive report.