The Tea Party and its significance

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The Tea Party and its significance
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THE TEA PARTY AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE
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Introduction
Parties are formed with the objective of raising certain important
societal and political issues of the community. They are meant to spread
the message of national interest among the people so that they can be
made aware about the requirements of the society (Skocpol &
Williamson, 2016). It is always not necessary that parties should be
political in nature. There can be many different kinds of parties with
various agendas to pursue. However, the main function of every political
party is to ensure that they get a political power and influence over the
people so that they can fight for their purpose (Nguyen et al., 2015). The
aim of this paper is to discuss about the importance about the Tea Party
in the United States of America. The focus of this party has also been
looked in to and the impact of the Tea Party on the political scenario of
the United States has been analyzed in this paper.

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Tea Party and its goal
The Tea Party that exists within the United States of America is a
part of the Republican Party (Van Dyke, 2016). The main objective of
this Party is the reduction in the amount of taxes that is collected from
the people. They also demand the lowering of the nation debt of the
country so that the deficit in the federal budget which is being
experienced, can be brought down to a manageable extent. Situation
which led to the rise of the Tea Party.
The Tea Party was established on 19th February 2009 by Rick
Santelli who was a reporter in the CNBC at that time (Tope, Pickett &
Chiricos, 2015). The party came to existence as a result of the policies
that were initiated by Barack Obama, the ten President of the United
States. Obama belonged to the Democratic Party and therefore had quite
a liberal outlook on the economy of the country. He advocated for the
institution of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act which
would place a huge burden on the common people (Tope, Pickett &
Chiricos, 2015). The conservative Tea Party aimed to bring down such