http://blog.micshots.com/2010/01/14/the-tea-party-timeline.aspxThe Tea Party Timeline...
1982 - Reagan signs the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act, raising taxes by $37.5 billion per year
1982 - No Tea Party Movement
1982 - Reagan signs the Highway Revenue Act of 1982, increasing the gasoline tax by $3.3 billion
1982 - No Tea Party Movement
1984 - Reagan signs the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, increasing taxes by $18 billion per year
1984 - No Tea Party Movement
1990 - Bush signs the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, raising taxes
1990 - No Tea Party Movement
1993 - Clinton increases taxes by 0.36% of GDP for 1st year and 0.83% of GDP in 4th year
1993 - No Tea Party Movement
2000 - 2008 - Bush cuts taxes creating the deficit the Tea Party Movement is so upset about
2000 - 2008 - No Tea Party Movement
2008 - The first African-American president is elected to office
2008 - The Tea Party Movement emerges to "take the country back"
2008 - 2010 - Obama slightly reduces taxes
2008 - 2010 - The Tea Party Movement opposes tax increases?
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