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| + | '''FreedomWorks''' is a [[conservative]] organization founded in 1984, headquartered in [[Washington, DC]], and has hundreds of thousands of [[grassroots]] volunteers nationwide.<ref>[http://www.freedomworks.org/about/about-freedomworks About FreedomWorks]</ref> FreedomWorks recruits, educates, trains and mobilizes volunteer activists to fight for less government, lower taxes, and more freedom. FreedomWorks believes individual liberty and the freedom to compete increases consumer choices and provides individuals with the greatest control over what they own and earn. The organization is chaired by former U.S. House Majority Leader [[Dick Armey]] and the President is [[Matt Kibbe]].<ref>[http://www.freedomworks.org/about/board-of-directors FreedomWorks - Board of Directors]</ref> |
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| | + | ==Mission== |
| | + | The primary mission of FreedomWorks is to fight for lower taxes, less government and more economic freedom for all Americans. Led by former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey, FreedomWorks has an unrivaled ability to reach opinion leaders and elected officials with innovative policy ideas and effective strategies for change. Dick Armey has said that the organizations core motivation and mission driver is to inform all Americans about [[government]] policy which may threaten individual [[liberty]]: |
| | + | {{Cquote|Conservatives are afraid the public will not understand, liberals are afraid the public will understand.<ref>http://www.freedomworks.org/</ref>}} |
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| | + | FreedomWorks combines the stature and experience of America’s greatest policy entrepreneurs with the grassroots power of hundreds of thousands of volunteer activists all over the Nation. |
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| | + | == References == |
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| | + | ==External Links== |
| | + | * [http://www.freedomworks.org/] |
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