From ThinkProgress -- "Bank Lobbyist-Run Front Group ‘FreedomWorks’ Tries To Trick Protesters Into Only Protesting Federal Reserve"
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/10/06/337446/occupy-wall-street-freedomworks/In a post titled “Wall Street Protesters Should Instead Focus on the Federal Reserve,” a staffer for the group FreedomWorks claims:
The Occupy Wall Street website—which surely does not represent the views of all the protesters—has released a 13-point list of pro-government demands. OccupyWallSt.org demonstrates their economic illiteracy by demanding free college education for all, one trillion dollars in infrastructure and ecological spending. One little detail is missing: who is going to pay for all of this?
FreedomWorks is a front group used by Wall Street lobbyists to concoct bank-friendly schemes. FreedomWorks is playing its usual role: masquerading as a grassroots group to confuse activists and help big corporations. Even the Wall Street Journal has mocked the organization for its astroturf campaigns, which often include “amateur-looking” websites to promote the lobbying interests of FreedomWork’s leaders. Here’s a short run-down of how FreedomWorks manipulates people to promote their Wall Street donors:
– FreedomWorks is run by super lobbyist Dick Armey. Armey left his lobbying firm after ThinkProgress first revealed his long history of orchestrating fake grassroots efforts on behalf of his corporate lobbying clients. Still, Armey has a history of influence-peddling as a registered lobbyist for the Royal Bank of Scotland, Citizens Bank, the Investment Company Institute, and many other banks. His longtime firm DLA Piper represented AIG, Lehman Brothers, and Merrill Lynch during the bank bailouts.
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