"JACKSON'S MOST PENETRATING political insight was that concentrated governmental power always leads to corruption and abuse. The way to prevent this, he believed, was to maintain a diffusion of power and keep it as close to the people as possible. It wasn't that ordinary folk were less likely to abuse power; human nature applied to all. But if power were spread out through the polity it couldn't be directed toward special favors and privileges for those who always managed to get their hands on power when it was available in sufficient increments. The playing field would be level."
Andrew Jackson has no direct connection with the TEA Party, but his philosophies do coincide with much of those of the TEA party.
Although it is four pages long, this is a very helpful article if you really want to understand the TEA Party. If you read it all the way through, you will get a much better understanding of the TEA Party movement and what the objective is. You will also find out what Andrew Jackson would have done today!
http://spectator.org/archives/2011/10/07/andrew-jackson-tea-party-presi
