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[[Image:Headnew.jpg|right|380px|thumb| Tax Day Tea Party]]
[[Image:Headnew.jpg|right|380px|thumb| Tax Day Tea Party]]
'''Tax Day Tea Parties''', also known as '''TEA Parties''' (an acronym for '''T'''axed '''E'''nough '''A'''lready), were a nationwide, locally organized multi-event that protested the [[generational theft]] of public [[tax]] dollars by the Federal Government on April 15, 2009. In the spirit of the founding fathers [[Boston Tea Party]], the local organizers, Top Conservatives on Twitter, and just ordinary citizens who use various social media sites, created a massive grassroots movement which held protests in all fifty states on April 15th 2009 and another scheduled for the July 4th [[Independence Day Tea Party]]
'''Tax Day Tea Parties''', also known as '''TEA Parties''' (an acronym for '''T'''axed '''E'''nough '''A'''lready), were a nationwide, locally organized multi-event that protested the [[generational theft]] of public [[tax]] dollars by the Federal Government on April 15, 2009. In the spirit of the founding fathers [[Boston Tea Party]], the local organizers, Top Conservatives on Twitter, and just ordinary citizens who use various social media sites, created a massive grassroots movement which held protests in all fifty states on April 15th 2009 and another scheduled for the July 4th [[Independence Day Tea Party]].
The largest Tea Party held to date was the Dallas Tea Party, held July 4, 2009 at Southfork Ranch in Plano, Texas, which drew 37,000 attendees.<ref>[http://dallasteaparty.org/2009/07/americas-tea-party-official-press-release/ America's Tea Party Official Press Release, July 6, 2009.]</ref>
==Founding==
==Founding==
One of their website states:
One of their website states:
''"The Tea Party protests, in their current form, began in early 2009 when [[Rick Santelli]], the On Air Editor for CNBC, set out on a rant to expose the bankrupt liberal agenda of the [[White House]] Administration and [[Congress]]. Specifically, the flawed “Stimulus Bill” and pork filled budget."''
''"The Tea Party protests, in their current form, began in early 2009 when [[Rick Santelli]], the On Air Editor for CNBC, set out on a rant to expose the bankrupt liberal agenda of the [[White House]] Administration and [[Congress]]. Specifically, the flawed “Stimulus Bill” and pork filled budget."''
==Mainstream Media==
==Mainstream Media==