John Stossel–Americans for Prosperity–Videos
President Obama Insults Americans for Prosperity
Obama asks, Who are the Americans for Prosperity?
John Stossel – American’s for Prosperity! (Part 1/3)
John Stossel – American’s for Prosperity! (Part 2/3)
John Stossel – American’s for Prosperity! (Part 3/3)
AFP President Tim Phillips on CNN
AFP President Tim Phillips and Local Chairman Edward Ayers on “Face to Face”
AFP on Fox News at the Tea Party Convention
Jack Webb Schools Barack Obama
Background Articles and Videos
Americans for Prosperity
“…Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is a Washington, D.C.-based conservative political advocacy group which advocates for limited government and free markets on the local, state and federal levels.
History and mission
An August 2010 editorial article by Jane Mayer in The New Yorker says that the Kochs have given to support their immediate self-interest as well as to fund organizations that covertly aim to push the country in a libertarian direction. It says that institutions Koch have subsidized also include the Institute for Justice, which files lawsuits opposing state and federal regulations; the Institute for Humane Studies, which underwrites libertarian academics; and the Bill of Rights Institute, which promotes a libertarian view of the Constitution. It also says that the organizations funded by the Kochs employ specialists who write position papers that are subsequently quoted by politicians and pundits. David Koch was quoted by The New Yorker as saying, “If we’re going to give a lot of money, we’ll make darn sure they spend it in a way that goes along with our intent… And if they make a wrong turn and start doing things we don’t agree with, we withdraw funding.”[1]
Ira Stoll of FutureOfCapitalism.com criticized the article, stating that Mayer seemed to imply that “left-wing think tanks are nonpartisan watchdogs, but the free-market ones are part of some covert stealth nefarious plot”, and referred to the open data already available about Koch-connected think tanks.[2][3] Matt Welch of Reason wrote in support of Stoll and labeled the New Yorker article a “hit-piece”.[2]
AFP aims to promote an economic policy that supports business and regulatory restraint by government, according to its literature. AFP opposed the $787 billion stimulus package.[4]
Leadership and structure
- Art Pope, director[5][6]
- James C. Miller, director
- James E. Stephenson, director
- Frayda Levy, director
Other national staff include: Tim Phillips, president; Phil Kerpen, director of policy; and Erik Telford, director of AFP’s RightOnline new media program. Tim Phillips is a former business partner of Ralph Reed, who was the executive director of the Christian Coalition when it rose to national prominence.[7]
Americans for Prosperity is led by Tim Phillips, a former partner with Ralph Reed’s Century Strategies.[8][9] From 2003 to 2007 AFP was led by Nancy Pfotenhauer (Koch Industries’ chief lobbyist from 1996 to 2001), who left to become an adviser for the 2008 John McCain presidential campaign.
For its outreach, the organization has chapters in 26 of the 50 US states.[10]
Funding
Media Transparency says that Americans for Prosperity Foundation has received seven grants totaling $1,181,000 between 2004 to 2006. Grants to the foundation have included:[11]
- $1,000,000 from the Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation, one of the Koch Family Foundations;
- $125,000 from three grants over 2004 and 2005 from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation;
- $50,000 in 2005 from the Ruth and Lovett Peters Foundation;
- $1,000 in 2006 from the Roe Foundation; and
- $5,000 in 2005 from the Armstrong Foundation;
In its 2007 annual tax return, the AFP Foundation’s reported that its revenue was $5,695,000 with expenditure of $6,768,000. While the AFP Foundation ran at a loss of $1,072,000, it had a further $507,000 in reserves. Of its expenditure, $2,129,000 was spent on national office operations with just over $2.9 million allocated to the state-based chapters.
Based on its financial operations and programs, the independent Charity Navigator nonprofit review organization has given Americans For Prosperity Foundation a three-star rating out of four stars, and a 50.92 rating out of a possible 60 points.[12]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_Prosperity
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