Tea Party vs 99%

The Tea Party movement conducted protests across the United States on April 15, 2009. It was a nationwide protest with the goal of pressuring Congress and states to reject government bailouts and excessive government spending. The term "tea" is an acronym for "Taxed Enough Already". The Tea Party Patriots is an organization representing approximately 2800 regional Tea Party groups. On September 21, 2010, the Tea Party Patriots announced that a single, anonymous donor had given the non-profit organization one million dollars. The donor specified that the gift was to be used for the various Tea Party movement organizations, and that it must be spent prior to November 2nd, 2010. This million dollars was used to impact the mid-term elections. The protests were used to call attention to the "wasteful spending by Democrats in Congress and the Obama Administration". Rallies were planned for more than 500 American cities and towns, and the rallies were coordinated by Smart Girl Politics, Top Conservatives on Twitter, the DontGo Movement, and other activist groups. Most of these protesters tend to be angry white republicans. The 99% movement was originally launched as a Tumblr blog page in late August 2011, by a 28-year-old New York activist named "Chris." 99% refers to the fact that most of the wealth, in the US, is among the top 1%, compared to the other 99%. The 99% protest that they are paying the price for the country's economic failure, while the 1% receive unbelievable tax breaks and bonuses. The 1% are mostly white republicans who refuse to have their taxes increased to help the country out of its economic hardship. The 99% protesters, on the other hand, are a more diversified group, with various political affiliations. But, many disapprove to the republican approach to the situation, and tend to lean more towards the democratic idea of increasing taxes on the 1%. The impact the 99% protests will have on the Presidential elections will be interesting.