TEA PARTY
(Tea Party movement)
The Tea Party was a movement of ultra Conservatives who at first saw itself as a pressure and force on the major political parties. By design it was not highly organized and had no formal structure. The result was that anyone could purport to speak for the Tea Party. In this case, the document was drafted by Dick Armey, a former Republican Congressman. He and many Tea Party enthusiasts wanted to try and take over the Republican Party; other Tea Party people did not want that at all. It is hard to say that any of the signs, documents, slogans that were used had the support of even the majority of the Tea Party.
The Tea Party movement was an American fiscally conservative political movement within the Republican Party. Members of the movement called for lower taxes, and for a reduction of the national debt of the United States and federal budget deficit through decreased government spending. The movement supported small-government principles and opposes government-sponsored universal healthcare. The Tea Party movement has been described as a popular constitutional movement composed of a mixture of libertarian, right-wing populist, and conservative activism. It has sponsored multiple protests and supported various political candidates since 2009. According to the American Enterprise Institute, various polls in 2013 estimated that slightly over 10 percent of Americans identified as part of the movement.
