[TPTP] was formed in July of 2010 by a group of veteran Tea Party activists. TheTPTPis based in the Burleson,Txarea [Burleson, Crowley, Joshua, Alvarado, etc,] but welcomes members from Johnson, Tarrant and Hood Counties and surrounding TX areas, U.S. Congressional DistrictsTX17,TX6.TX12,TX26. Texas Senate District 22, and other local districts. We are citizens, like yourself, who have decided to quit complaining about the direction of our current government and do something about it. We are not against the role of government, but we are concerned about its violation of the fundamental principles upon which the United States was founded:A Constitutional Republic- Not a Democracy!Limited Government[Federal, State AND Local]- Not a nanny stateFiscal Responsibility- Spending is the problem, it can't be the solution too; [no bail-outs, pay your bills, no foolish deficit spending or pork]]Personal Responsibility- A government big enough to give all you want is big enough to take all you have; responsibility with the blessings of unalienable rights endowed by our Creator.National Sovereignty- A country that is safe from foreign and domestic threatsLower TaxesThe Rule of Law