[net-gold] ORGANIZATIONS : POLITICS : SOCIAL ISSUES: Political Think Tanks
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- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:12:47 -0400 (EDT)
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ORGANIZATIONS :
POLITICS :
SOCIAL ISSUES:
Political Think Tanks
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Political Think Tanks
Common Peoples Source for the News
March 20, 2011
UPDATED: March 20, 2011
http://www.cps-news.com/wp-content/misc_html/Think_Tanks.html
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In 2006 there were 6,661 conservative or center-right think tanks, 8,307
centrist think tanks and 2,869 progressive or center- left think tanks.
The most quoted think tanks are conservative. Below is a list of just a
few. However, this is an evergreen list, therefore will be updated
periodically.
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This List Covers
Conservative Think Tanks
The majority of the following are think tanks the ultra-conservative Koch
Brothers sponsor. However, some are not classified as think tanks. A few
are duplicates from the above conservative list.
Centrist Think Tanks
Progressive / Liberal Think Tanks
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Koch Summer Fellow Program - Host Search
http://www.theihs.org/koch-summer-fellow-program/host-search
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This list, independent of the site above, would based on the name of the
program and the statement of purpose, seem to be another listing of groups
funded by the Koch brothers and supporting their Libretarian teachings and
principles. There are groups as well that appear on both lists as Koch
affiliated organizations.
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Discover The Network Out To Crush Our Public Workers
By Dave Johnson
February 9, 2011 - 12:11pm ET
Campaign for America's Future
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2011020608/
pension-reform-following-threads
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/3mf5ea8
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These state pension reform campaigns across the country come at a time
when so many states are in a terrible budget squeeze and are looking for
solutions. This storyline diverts public attention from the real culprits.
Of course, the obvious solution is to ask the wealthy to pay their fair
share, and to cut back on tax breaks, subsidies and incentive programs for
corporations. The campaign attempts to distract voters from the obvious
and lead them to different conclusions, including:
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1) Dont raise state taxes, cut public employee pensions instead.
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2) Public employee unions are strangling us and keeping the budget high.
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The story also diverts the public from asking where all that pension money
went. Right when people should be blaming the financial industry and the
financial crisis they caused for state pension shortfalls, up come these
studies and PR tactics blaming public employee pensions and unions.
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The fact that this is happening in several states, from organizations
linked in many ways, with similar language, similar tactics, quoting the
same studies, from organizations with similar boards, etc. suggests this
is a coordinated strategy, designed to have the appearance of popular
uprising.
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Pension Tsumani: THINK TANKS
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Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions
Calvert Institute
Cato Institute
Claremont Institute
Commonwealth Foundation (PA)
Empire Center for New York State Policy
Heartland Institute
Illinois Policy Institute
Independent Institute
Ludwig von Mises Institute
Manhattan Institute
National Center for Policy Analysis
Pacific Research Institute
Pensions Institute [UK]
Pew Charitable Trusts
Reason Foundation
RetirementReform.org
Rio Grande Foundation
Rockefeller Fiscal Studies
Sierra Environmental Studies Foundation
The Free Enterprise Nation
Yankee Institute
Exploring The Links
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It is worth exploring some of these related Public Policy Institutes.
Let's pull some threads and see what we find.
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Cookie-Cutter Think Tanks
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This is all from pulling the threads just a little bit that come from just
one op-ed on pension reform. I didnt go into the funding of these
organizations or look at what else they are doing, other associations,
etc. These are just a few of the network of conservative "institutes,"
etc. around the country. Just a very few. (Here is a list of 185
organizations purporting to be conservative state think tanks, a list of
40 conservative national organizations with state networks and a list of
306 organizations purporting to be conservative national think tanks and
65 conservative "family policy" organizations. There are other lists with
other criteria.)
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As you follow these threads you discover layer upon layer of
corporate/conservative front groups, masking their activities and funders
with more layers of front groups. They all have similar mission
statements, have similar people on their Boards with similar backgrounds,
cover the same issues the same way, and even use remarkably similar
language. They seem to be not just connected but interconnected. The sheer
number of these similar "think tanks" make it appear that there must be a
machine somewhere that stamps these things from a template. That machine
is named Scaife/Coors/Koch (Please read also and spend some time here.)
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These corporate/conservative organizations are very good at manipulating
the media and public opinion -- it is their purpose. Their "experts" are
well paid and always available to talk to reporters, appear on TV and
radio shows and write articles and opinion pieces for newspapers, blogs
and for their network of similar organizations. Their "reports' and
"studies" reach the conclusions that fit the strategy, and are crafted to
sound just right. And there are so many of them! The result is development
of "conventional wisdom" about what is going on in our society. This is
why that conventional wisdom more and more reflects the
corporate/conservative line. And right now the corporate conservative line
is that we should think that public employees and their unions are
responsible for state and local budget shortfalls.
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Part II looks at some of the "studies" and "reports" and pulls more
threads.
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How Koch Front Groups Influence Laws
By Dave Johnson
March 2, 2011 - 11:15pm ET
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2011030902/
how-oil-front-groups-influence-pollution-laws
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/3pttupx
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Campaign for Americas Future
http://www.ourfuture.org/
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Political and economic think tanks in the United States
(DDG Topics List)
https://duckduckgo.com/c/
Political_and_economic_think_tanks_in_the_United_States
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/3steflv
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Freedom Activist Network's Guide To Organizations
http://freedomactivist.net/orgsa.html
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Media Matters Tracks Funding Sources for Political Action Groups
http://mediamattersaction.org/transparency/
organization/The_Heritage_Foundation/connections
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/3zxd2qf
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Liberty Links
[Another list of conservative and Koch funded groups]
http://www.liberty-tree.org/ltn/LibertyLinks.html
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State Policy Networks List of Conservative Organizations with Contact
Information
http://www.spn.org/directory/organizations.asp
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