Use the following article to answer the question: The modern Tea Party emerged in 2009 as a response to the Emergency
Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and the American Recovery and Rein vestment
Act of 2009. These two bills represented the govermment's response to the
economic hardships facing Americans in 2009. But Tea Party members felt that
the bills were wasteful and added too much to the national debt. According to one
supporter, "this tea party movement is a message to Washington that we're
unhappy and that we want things done differently. " Tea Party opponents argue
that its members are overly conservative and ill informed. When asked about the
Tea Party, Senior White House Advisor David Axelrod said, "The thing that
bewilders me is this Presidentjust cut taxes for nine ty five percent of the American
people. So I think the [Tea Party] should be directed elsewhere, because he
certainly understands the burden that people face."
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How is the modern Tea Party movement different from the Boston Tea Party of
1773? (1 point)