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| − | '''Americans for Limited Government''' is a small conservative advocacy group based in Washington. Founded in xxx by xxx, it operates with a staff of 18 and a budget of $4 million under the direction of Bill Wilson]] | + | '''Americans for Limited Government''' is a small libertarian advocacy group based in Washington. It was founded in 2006 by New York real estate investor Howard Rich, who continues as ALG’s chairman. ALG operates with a staff of 19 and a budget of $4 million under the direction of Bill Wilson |
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| | + | ALG strongly opposes the domestic agenda of the [[Obama Administration]], especially health care and "cap and trade", and its attacks on personal liberty. |
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| | + | ALG also oppose most of the domestic agenda of Republican President [[George W. Bush]]. It endorsed Bush's tax cuts but attacked the [[USA Patriot Act]], [[No Child Left Behind]] schools program, and the Medicare drug program. Wilson sat out the 2008 presidential election: while he strongly opposed Mr. Obama, he loathed the campaign finance law of which Senator [[John McCain]] was a co-author |
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| | + | ALG's NetRightNation.com site gives libertarians handy access to thousands of like-minded blogs, sorted by state and issue. Together, they feed a negative view of the Obama administration to talk radio hosts, Web pundits, Congressional aides and small-town newspaper columnists. |
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| | ==Further reading== | | ==Further reading== |
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| | ==external links== | | ==external links== |
| − | * [[http://www.getliberty.org/ ALG website]] | + | * [http://www.getliberty.org/ ALG website] |
| − | | + | * [NetRightNation.com Guide to blogs] |
| − | [[category:conservatives]] | + | [[category:Libertarians]] |
| | + | [[Category:Obama Presidency]] |