The Tea Party refers back to what happened before the War of Independence in 1776 against the British when American colonists were unhappy with British taxes without representation. The funny thing is they taxed us less in 1776 than we tax ourselves today. We'd be better off from a tax standpoint if we were still British citizens. 
The fact is taxes and government spending are just too high today. It's why both parents have to work in most families when one was required a few decades ago. Inflation and deficit spending has made the rich richer, and the poor poorer. Government spending is a bad way to allocate investments. Money is always better off in private hands as governments often misappropriate the money based on political and not economic factors. These are determined more effectively by a free market and not politicians in Washinton and other capitals.
The US total tax burden is very low (24% of GDP) compared with the average of OECD countries (34%). It is also low compared to the UK (33%). So why exactly is this such a burden and why would we be better off under British taxes?
Why is two parents working a bad thing? And it has nothing to do with taxes but rather with low wages and our consumerist society that puts such a value on owning and spending. Also the desire of many women to have a gratifying career and not sit at home all day.
Money is not always better off in private hands. What a nonsense idea! Gov't is surely wasteful at times, but a lot of tax $$ goes the things that need to be done but that "free market" would have no interest in because there is no profit to be made. For example, health care for the elderly, national parks, keeping poor people from starving, building roads that are free to use. The list goes on.
