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.
During Rick's rant he called for a "Chicago tea Party" where advocates of the free-market system could join in a protest against out of control government spending.
A few days later, grassroots activists and average Joe Americans began organizing what would soon become the Nationwide Chicago Tea Party effort.
On February 27th, an estimated 30,000 Americans took to the street in 40+ cities across the country in the first nationwide "Tea Party" protest
On April 15th
We gathered at Centennial Park in Fort Myers to show our elected officials and the rest of the country that we do NOT want government to solve all of our problems. That we do NOT want to use the power of government to "spread the wealth" around. NO nation has ever spent its way to prosperity, and we view these current events as an attack on the very foundations and principles offered to us in our Constitution and Declaration of Independence.
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