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}}</ref> [[Dick Armey]], '''Freedomworks''' is an [[American conservative]] that trains and supports local activists; it describes itself as being to mobilize, in real-time, large grassroots armies. <ref>{{citation | }}</ref> and chaired by [[Dick Armey]], '''Freedomworks''' is an [[American conservative]] that trains and supports local activists; it describes itself as being to mobilize, in real-time, large grassroots armies. <ref>{{citation | ||
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Revision as of 20:42, 5 October 2010
Based on a merger in 2004 between Citizens for a Sound Economy and Empower America,[1] and chaired by Dick Armey, Freedomworks is an American conservative that trains and supports local activists; it describes itself as being to mobilize, in real-time, large grassroots armies. [2]The current president is Matt Kibbe.
Both of the founding groups received considerable corporate support. Citizens for a Sound Economy was a conservative think tank and Empower America an issues-based lobbying group.
Network neutrality
It supports the position of a number of telecommunications carriers, in opposition to network neutrality, and has accepted funding from carriers including Verizon and AT&T. It has run ads for its position, and also testified before federal and state legislators, as well as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). At the FCC, its position was that network neutrality would stifle innovation. [3]
Tea Party movement
While it has existed for some time, it has gained greater prominence when it trained early Tea Party movement activists such as Keri Carender. [4]
References
- ↑ Freedomworks, Common Cause
- ↑ About Us, Freedomworks
- ↑ Wayne Brough (15 January 2010), Proposed Regulations Pose Threat to Internet: Free Market Coalition Comments on FCC Net Neutrality Proceedings, FreedomWorks
- ↑ Unlikely Activist Who Got to the Tea Party Early - NYTimes.com. Retrieved on 2010-09-26.