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==Goals==

==Goals==

According to the organizations website [http://www.clubforgrowth.org/about.php], its goals are:

According to the organizations website [http://www.clubforgrowth.org/about.php], its goals are:

*Making the Bush tax cuts permanent

*Making the [[Bush]] tax cuts permanent

*Death tax repeal

*Death tax repeal

*Cutting and limiting government spending

*Cutting and limiting government spending

*Social Security reform with personal retirement accounts

*[[[Social Security]] reform with personal retirement accounts

*Expanding free trade

*Expanding [[free trade]]

*Legal reform to end abusive lawsuits

*Legal reform to end abusive lawsuits

*Replacing the current tax code

*Replacing the current tax code

==History==

==History==

The Club for Growth was founded in 1999 by [[Stephen Moore]]; a senior economist at the [[Joint Economic Committee]] and a senior fellow at the [[The Cato Institute|Cato Institute ]]<ref>[http://www.cato.org/people/moore.html CATO Institute, "Stephen Moore"] </ref>. The organization called on candidates to return to [[Ronald Reagan]]’s “vision of limited government and lower taxes.” <ref>[http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=9345#1 People For The American Way,"Club for Growth - Activities"]</ref>. In 2002, the organization raised $9.2 million for the 2002 campaigns, and in the 2004 election, the Club for Growth heavily campaigned for low tax candidates; spending a total  of $20 million to GOP candidates. They even aired a 30-secound television commercial which depicted Democrat candidate, John Kerry as a spinning weather vane. To increase influence on sitting candidates after the 2004 election, the organization hired its first lobbyist. Soon after, former conservative Congressman, [[Patrick Toomey]], replaced Stephen Moore as organization leader.  

The Club for Growth was founded in 1999 by [[Stephen Moore]]; a senior economist at the [[Joint Economic Committee]] and a senior fellow at the [[The Cato Institute|Cato Institute ]]<ref>[http://www.cato.org/people/moore.html CATO Institute, "Stephen Moore"] </ref>. The organization called on candidates to return to [[Ronald Reagan]]’s “vision of limited government and lower taxes.” <ref>[http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=9345#1 People For The American Way,"Club for Growth - Activities"]</ref>. In 2002, the organization raised $9.2 million for the 2002 campaigns, and in the 2004 election, they heavily campaigned for low tax candidates; spending a total  of $20 million to GOP candidates. They even aired a 30-second television commercial which depicted [[Democrat]] candidate, [[John Kerry]] as a spinning weather vane. To increase influence on sitting candidates after the 2004 election, the organization hired its first lobbyist. Soon after, former conservative Congressman, [[Patrick Toomey]], replaced Stephen Moore as organization leader.  

==Controversy==  

==Controversy==