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| − | Promote the American enterprise system | + | Promote the American enterprise system is the best method to ensuring prosperity for all Americans. |
{{cquote|''You can stop big government and defend the American dream.''}} | {{cquote|''You can stop big government and defend the American dream.''}} | ||
Revision as of 03:00, August 31, 2010
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is an organization of grassroots leaders who engage citizens in the name of limited government and free markets on the local, state and federal levels. AFP consist of more than 1.2 million members in all fifty states. Tim Phillips is the organizations president. They are based in the Washington, D.C. area and operate 30 chapters nationwide. As citizen activists, they organize events, write letters to the editor, and petition their lawmakers to uphold freedom and prosperity. AFP has a seperate entity called Americans for Prosperity Foundation that is committed to educating citizens about economic policy and a return of the federal government to its Constitutional limits. August 9th, Barack Obama held a fundraiser were he mocked Americans for Prosperity. [1] Recently, AFP held their fourth Defending the American Dream summit. An AFP bus tour is heading across the country to hold elected officials accountable for their votes.
Mission
Promote the American enterprise system is the best method to ensuring prosperity for all Americans.
| “ | You can stop big government and defend the American dream. | ” |
- Cutting taxes, fight proposed tax increases and pointing out evidence of waste, fraud, and abuse.
- Tax and expenditure limitations to promote fiscal responsibility.
- Removing unnecessary barriers to entrepreneurship.
- Restoring fairness to our judicial system.