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Revealed: Conservative think tank SPN coordinating right-wing assault on education, healthcare and the environment in 34 states
By Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian
Friday, December 6, 2013 2:57 EST

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Conservative groups across the US are planning a co-ordinated assault against public sector rights and services in the key areas of education, healthcare, income tax, workers’ compensation and the environment, documents obtained by the Guardian reveal.

The strategy for the state-level organisations, which describe themselves as “free-market thinktanks”, includes proposals from six different states for cuts in public sector pensions, campaigns to reduce the wages of government workers and eliminate income taxes, school voucher schemes to counter public education, opposition to Medicaid, and a campaign against regional efforts to combat greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change.

The policy goals are contained in a set of funding proposals obtained by the Guardian. The proposals were co-ordinated by the State Policy Network, an alliance of groups that act as incubators of conservative strategy at state level.

The documents contain 40 funding proposals from 34 states, providing a blueprint for the conservative agenda in 2014. In partnership with the Texas Observer and the Portland Press Herald in Maine, the Guardian is publishing SPN’s summary of all the proposals to give readers and news outlets full and fair access to state-by-state conservative plans that could have significant impact throughout the US, and to allow the public to reach its own conclusions about whether these activities comply with the spirit of non-profit tax-exempt charities.

Details of the co-ordinated approach come amid growing federal scrutiny of the political activities of tax-exempt charities. Last week the Obama administration announced a new clampdown on those groups that violate tax rules by engaging in direct political campaigning.

Most of the “thinktanks” involved...

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More: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/06/revealed-conservative-think-tank-spn-coordinating-right-wing-assault-on-education-healthcare-and-the-environment-in-34-states/

[Mnemosyne]

1. It's like Pinky and the Brain on steriods.

Do we stand any chance against people like these? No consciences, no compassion or empathy.

[xchrom]

2. du rec.

[xchrom]

3. another thread here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024140891

[WillyT]

5. Thanks... Missed It...

[xchrom]

6. ...

[Berlum]

4. Vomitous Values (R)

[WillyT]

7. Kick !!!