The 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?
 
h/t to Mic test blog