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Originally Posted by viscousmemories
Um, Shea... I think the NCPA is shady. Don't know where I got that idea, but here's something I found just now:
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Corporate Front Group Alert: National Center for Policy Analysis Seeks to Undermine Global Warming Legislation
12-Jul-04
corporate front groups
Here's another all-Republican, all corporate front group that calls itself a "think tank": National Center for Policy Analysis. Try to find where their funding comes from, and all you will get is a crude "pie" showing that most comes from "foundations", followed by corporations. No foundations are named - probably because they are all rightwing money-funnelers - and no corporations, either (ExxonMobil probably tops the list). Scroll through the list of "experts" - all are conservative businessfolk of some sort - no real scientists. Their token "doctor" led the fight to defeat Clinton's health care reforms. But the media eats their propaganda up. http://www.ncpa.org/abo/ Just check out this list of citations! Now the NCPA is trying to undermine global warming legislation.
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Here's their own blurb:
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The National Center of Policy Analysis (NCPA) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization, established in 1983. The NCPA's goal is to develop and promote private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. Topics include reforms in health care, taxes, Social Security, welfare, criminal justice, education and environmental regulation.
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Shady ain't the half of it.
These folks are standing up for voluntary personal accounts, which they say is "good for Social Security." Damn...Even Dumbya the wonder chimapanzee has admitted that such a claim is wrong.
They are also pushing for a value-added tax to raise additional federal revenue. That's a national sales-tax. Tax the poor to support the rich.
These folks are running dogs licking the butts of those who think of themselves as "the ruling class." Sycophants to the rich and powerful.
Good source, LadyShea.