A New American Tea Party : The Counterrevolution Against Bailouts, Handouts, Reckless Spending, and More Taxes

The tax protester manifesto, written by a leading organizer of the tea party protests On April 15, 2009, a grassroots contingency of Americans that would soon become known around the world as the Tea Party made front-page news. Angered by years of excessive government spending-taxpayer financed bailouts of businesses deemed too big to fail and taxpayer handouts to special interest groups-Americans of all ages and all walks of life took to the streets to take back their country. A New American Tea Party: The Counterrevolution Against Bailouts, Handouts, Reckless Spending, and More Taxes is their story, and it's your guide for contributing to the movement to rein in government spending. The book Summarizes the Tea Party movement Explains how the Tea Party protests were organized Presents a call to action for continuing protests and describes how to best coordinate them The debt resulting from today's reckless government spending will eventually result in massive tax hikes. A New American Tea Party shows how to focus your outrage into a productive movement that will make a positive difference.

Praise For A New American Tea Party

"Anyone looking for a cogent explanation of this year's most visible grassroots political movement will find this a clear-headed . . . insider's account."—PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY

"An interesting read . . . read it and learn about it for yourselves."—Jon Stewart, The Daily Show

"A living history and a call to arms." —Michelle Malkin, Culture of Corruption

"Fifty years from now, historians will be reading O'Hara's book to understand one of the great pivot points in American politics."—Tucker Carlson, Editor, The Daily Caller

"The ultimate citizens' guide to making the government accountable."—The Washington Times

"Finally, an accurate overview of the modern tea party movement that has been well researched and without an agenda . . . What is most useful is the fact that [O'Hara] realizes that those involved are motivated with a frustration of politicians of all parties. It is not a left and right issue . . . a well-written book on a subject that is very much in the public eye. If you are seeking an accurate [account] of what has transpired so far, then this is the book for you."—Blogcritics.org

"A must-read . . . Get this book, get informed . . . then get busy!"—Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC), author of Saving Freedom

"After the 2008 election, many believed America was inevitably lurching hard and permanently to the left. The grassroots revolt that is the tea party movement stopped the left's momentum and may have reversed America's trajectory. This book's inside story is the first account of this happy reversal of fortune." —Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform

"The tea party movement is the long awaited conservative counterrevolution. John O'Hara delivers the meaning behind this movement and what Americans can do next." —Andrew Breitbart, Publisher, Big Government, Big Hollywood, and Big Journalism

Publishers Weekly

Free-market think tank P.R. man O'Hara, a veteran of political campaigns and the latter Bush administration, provides an informative rundown of the populist Tea Party movement he helped create, including a chronicle of its emergence and a breakdown of its methods and goals. Denying similarities to past populism (which directed anger at corporations), or the current state of the GOP (where "fair-weather dedication to capitalism is all too common"), O'Hara declares the Tea Party a standard bearer for the Reagan revolution: "opposed to vast government expansion, huge spending, entitlements, and intervention." Crying tyranny, O'Hara predictably draws parallels between the Obama administration's financial policies and those that led to the original Boston Tea Party, but also castigates Republican leaders like John McCain (ignorant of free-market principles), the Bushes (closet liberals), and Newt Gingrich (whose mid-1990s "revolution" was a mirage). O'Hara spends much time dissecting the sins of the Left (which "wants to take, control, and distribute as it sees fit"), and doesn't minimize the contention between Tea Party-style libertarianism and pseudo-Right neoconservativism. Anyone looking for a cogent explanation of this year's most visible grassroots political movement will find this a clear-headed, though highly opinionated, insider's account.
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An engaging look behind the modern day tax tea parties. What has driven hundreds of thousands of people to take to the streets in protest since late February, 2009? A cry of "enough" government expansion and interference and reassertion of individual liberty: a first principle that became a rallying cry behind a movement. A New American Tea Party presents the voices behind the growing discontent among every day citizens with increased government taxation, spending, and intervention. Author John M. O'Hara - a rising star in the conservative/libertarian movement - played an integral role in starting the first modern day tea party in February of 2008, an effort that sparked off a nation wide movement. On tax day in April 2009, hundreds of thousands of citizens gathered in more than 800 cities to voice their opposition to out of control spending at all levels of government. In August, citizens in every state of the union made their voices heard at congressional town hall meetings. On September 12, 2009 over half a million people marched on the U.S. Capitol. A New American Tea Party explains how these protests evolved and were organized, and distills the results-including the often bizarre media backlashes-of the movement, the philosophy behind the movement, and the road ahead. Written by one of the leading organizers behind the protests, this book shows you how the costs of bailouts and other excessive government interference today is philosophically incompatible with the founding principles of our nation and simply unsustainable for future generations. Skillfully lays out the case against excessive government interference and why the tea party movement is necessary and significant Written by one of the top organizers and leaders of the tea party movement Offers a look into current and future policy battles and how the movement will grow in response If you're concerned with the growth of government, the state of the union we will pass on to the next generation, and you want to see a roadmap for a better way forward, then you need to read A New American Tea Party.The EPUB format of this title may not be compatible for use on all handheld devices. "What has driven hundreds of thousands of people to take to the streets in protest since late February, 2009? A cry of "enough" government expansion and interference and reassertion of individual liberty: a first principle that became a rallying cry behind a movement. A New American Tea Party presents the voices behind the growing discontent among every day citizens with increased government taxation, spending, and intervention." "Author John M. O'Hara - a rising star in the conservative/libertarian movement - played an integral role in starting the first modern day tea party in February of 2008, an effort that sparked off a nation wide movement. On tax day in April 2009, hundreds of thousands of citizens gathered in more than 800 cities to voice their opposition to out of control spending at all levels of government. In August, citizens in every state of the union made their voices heard at congressional town hall meetings. On September 12, 2009 over half a million people marched on the U.S. Capitol." "A New American Tea Party explains how these protests evolved and were organized, and distills the results - including the often bizarre media backlashes - of the movement, the philosophy behind the movement, and the road ahead. Written by one of the leading organizers behind the protests, this book shows you how the costs of bailouts and other excessive government interference today is philosophically incompatible with the founding principles of our nation and simply unsustainable for future generations."--Jacket