Protesters gathered across North Carolina on Tax Day.

As Americans turned in their federal income taxes, about 250 people gathered outside the federal courthouse in Raleigh, and hundreds more at the state capitol to protest taxes and government bailouts. (N&O)

About 200 gathered at the Eden boat landing, while more than 1,000 showed up in downtown Greensboro.

Many protesters said they'd never been to a similar event in their lives. They criticized high taxes, protested corporate bailouts and bemoaned the size of the federal government. (GN-R)

Two protests were held within a block of one another at noon in Fayetteville, where a group also protested the county's property tax revaluations. (Fay-O)

U.S. Rep. Brad Miller is calling out President Obama.

In an interview with the liberal blog Talking Points Memo yesterday, the Raleigh Democrat said he's not convinced the new Treasury Department is much different than the old one.

"I want change I can believe in," he said. "I don't think we have change I can notice."

Miller, who has worked on banking issues since he was elected in 2002, said he does not think the department led by Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has been responsive or transparent in its handling of bailed-out banks and financial insurer AIG.

"I don't feel a lot of confidence in all of this, because I don't have much idea what they're doing," he said, adding that he is a "fairly conscientious member" of the House Financial Services Committee.

He also charged that Goldman Sachs had "a lot of influence" over the AIG bailout.