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'''The Club for Growth''' is a controversial organization consisting of 9,000 [[Americans]]<ref> [http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=9345#1 People For The American Way,"Club for Growth - Activities"]</ref>.  The organization has been known for endorsing and funding fiscal [[conservative]] candidates over moderates and [[Democrats]].  Club for Growth’s political action committee was heavily involved in funding candidates favoring lower taxes in the 2002, 2004, and the 2006 primary and general elections.  

'''The Club for Growth''' is a controversial organization consisting of 9,000 [[Americans]]<ref> [http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=9345#1 People For The American Way,"Club for Growth - Activities"]</ref>.  The organization has been known for endorsing and funding fiscally [[conservative]] candidates over moderates and [[Democrats]].  Club for Growth’s political action committee was heavily involved in funding candidates favoring lower taxes in the 2002, 2004, and the 2006 primary and general elections.  

Being a “527” organization, the Club for Growth can accept unlimited funding without disclosing donors name. This policy has evolved the organization into a partisan attack machine for its top donors. Because of its donor's political influence on the organizations attacks, conservative presidential candidate [[Mike Huckabee]] has referred to the Club for Growth as the 'Club for Greed'. He said regarding the organizations credibility

Being a “527” organization, the Club for Growth can accept unlimited funding without disclosing donors' names. This policy has turned the organization into a partisan attack machine for its top donors. Because of its donors' political influence on the organization's attacks, conservative presidential candidate [[Mike Huckabee]] has referred to the Club for Growth as the 'Club for Greed'. He said regarding the organization's credibility:

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"You have to understand that the 'Club for Greed', as I like to call it, is really not being an objective organization. You give them money and they will say whatever you want them to say. [Its] a pass through so that people who don't have the guts to run for office can write a big check and hide behind the trees, and let the Club for Greed go do its dirty work for them...Its been discredited [by] a lot of objective organizations"<ref>http://thediscourses.com/</ref>

"You have to understand that the 'Club for Greed', as I like to call it, is really not being an objective organization. You give them money and they will say whatever you want them to say. [It's] a pass-through so that people who don't have the guts to run for office can write a big check and hide behind the trees, and let the Club for Greed go do its dirty work for them...Its been discredited [by] a lot of objective organizations"<ref>http://thediscourses.com/</ref>

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In 2005, the organization came under criticism for falling back on its core principals, this led to the founding of another organization by some former members, [[Free Enterprise Fund]].<ref>http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/7/8/95300.shtml</ref>

In 2005, the organization came under criticism for falling back on its core principals; this led to the founding of another organization by some former members, [[Free Enterprise Fund]].<ref>http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2005/7/8/95300.shtml</ref>

The president of Club for Growth is currently is [[Patrick Toomey]].

The president of Club for Growth is currently is [[Patrick Toomey]].