Tea Party

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The Tea Party is a powerful force, when dealing with the United States Government. Origins of the Tea Party are unclear, however it was created in an outrage against government officials and government dealings within the United States. The group was most likely spread by Facebook and Twitter and other online communities in order to coordinate their effort. The Tea Party has grown to massive proportions around the country, and even contains government officials who participate in what they call “a mission to promote the values of fiscal responsibility, constitutionally limited governments and free markets.”

The Tea Party Movement get their name from the Boston Tea Party event in early American history, representing a group of anti-tax protesters. Boston Tea Partiers fought the British tax on tea coming into the colonies in the late eighteenth century, the Tea Partiers of today mainly complain that they are being overtaxed under the Obama administration in a similar passion. One example, from one of the first series of protests to come from this party, was in response to "obesity taxes," taxes put in place by New York Governor David Paterson, and government spending on January 24, 2009 in New York. Other examples of the first local "Tea Party" protests include the "Porkulus Protest" in Seattle on Presidents Day, February 16, 2009, one day prior to President Obama's signing of the stimulus bill.

Soon enough, the protests escalated to a national level. In February of 2009, Rick Santelli of CNBC Business News, had broadcast his views against the government's plan to refinance mortgages and suggested holding a tea party protest in Chicago. In response to Santelli's infamous rant, followers poured in and Fox News started referring to the new "Tea Party" on television by the next day, supporting the name of the movement. Websites, including a Facebook page, were up immediately, organizing protests across the country.

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