Essay On The Tea Party

The Tea Party began February 19, 2009 by Rick Santelli as a political outcry to the financial crisis that did not only threaten the United States, but the entire world. Conservatives were deeply concerned with the perpetual bail outs for failing banks, and the millions of thousands of dollars going towards government programs like the newly proposed national healthcare bill. The Tea Party protests have continued, but have increasingly become more unpopular as the Tea Party continues to head a farther right direction.

The Tea Party is not actually a party at all. Firstly, the Tea Party does not have the same organization as a political party has. It is a leaderless organization that piggybacks off of the Republican Party to gain political momentum as it did in 2009 at the beginning of the Obama Presidency. Although the movement lacks the structure of a political party, it arose as a reaction from conservative activists who were firmly against the Obama administration’s policies for dealing with the economic crisis of 2009, and the nationalization of healthcare in America. The formation of the movement began similarly to the way some political parties arise through external mobilization. Conservatives who were not in a position of governmental power voiced their discontent with the policies of the Obama administration. The Republican Party, whom the Tea Party movement is associated closely with because of its similar ideology to the party, took the Tea Party’s stance, and ran with it in an attempt to gain more votes and political power. The Tea Party continued to have a heavy influence in politics until its beliefs became too far right for even the Republicans.

Throughout American history parties systems have changed, and cor...

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...ives. The liberal movement, Occupy Wallstreet is opposite to The Tea Party movement in everything but its structure. To conclude, the Tea Party is one of the many populist movements that have faced America during the course of history.

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