The tea parties of April 2009 led to positive permutations of political activism beyond anyone's imagination. The powerful grassroots movement many believed had culminated in the tax day tea parties was only the beginning. The power and underlying principles of the tea parties were harnessed and turned against specific legislative proposals like cap and trade, and most notably, health care reform. The frustration, the call to action boiled over into the major policy battle of health care in a way that had significant political repercussions. On June 15, 2009, President Obama laid out a staggering claim for his health care reform proposal. The free market approach to reforming health care is one that is built on the principle of individual ownership. Personal responsibility, a tenant of the tea parties, has long been a central component of America's prosperity. The health care debates brought to head the same larger, broader philosophical issues that sparked the tea parties. The tea parties, town halls, and other rallies are perfect examples of public unrest. Americans are concerned and they want to know if the country can afford to spend over $1 trillion on health care reform and more important, can their children and grandchildren afford to pay that money. They also want to know how ObamaCare is going to affect them.