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'''Citizens for a Sound Economy''' ('''CSE''') (1984–2004) was a ] ] group operating in the ]. It was established in 1984 by ] and ] of ]. ] was appointed as the first chairman of the organization. The CSE described itself as "hundreds of thousands of grassroots citizens dedicated to (1) free markets and limited government, and (2) the highest level of personal involvement in public policy activism. Through recruitment, training, and political participation, CSE has become an army of activists... continuously recruit, educate, and enable new members to participate effectively in public policy debates."{{cn}}
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'''Citizens for a Sound Economy''' ('''CSE''') (1984–2004) was a ] ] group operating in the ]. It was established in 1984 by ] and ] of ]. ] was appointed as the first chairman of the organization.
⚫ In 2002, the CSE designed the first ] website, though the movement did not take off until 2009.<ref>{{cite journal |title=‘To quarterback behind the scenes, third-party efforts’: the tobacco industry and the Tea Party |first1=Amanda |last1=Fallin |first2=Rachel |last2=Grana |first3=Stanton A. |last3=Glantz |url=http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2013/02/07/tobaccocontrol-2012-050815.full |journal=] |date=February 8, 2013 |accessdate=March 25, 2015}}</ref> In 2003, ] became the chairman of CSE after retiring from Congress.{{cn}} In 2004, Citizens for a Sound Economy split into two new organizations, with Citizens for a Sound Economy being renamed as ], and Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation becoming ]. Both organizations played key roles in the Tea party movement beginning in 2009.

⚫ In 2002, the CSE designed its ] website, though the movement did not take off until 2009.<ref name="tobaccocontrol.bmj.com">{{cite journal |title='To quarterback behind the scenes, third-party efforts': the tobacco industry and the Tea Party |first1=Amanda |last1=Fallin |first2=Rachel |last2=Grana |first3=Stanton A. |last3=Glantz |url= |journal=] |date=February 8, 2013 |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=322–331 |doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050815 |pmid=23396417 |pmc=3740007 }}</ref> In 2003, ] became the chairman of CSE after retiring from Congress.<ref name="armey">{{cite web|url=http://www.freedomworks.org/press-releases/dick-armey-to-lead-citizens-for-a-sound-economy |title=Dick Armey to lead Citizens for a Sound Economy |date=January 8, 2003 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090308214530/http://www.freedomworks.org/press-releases/dick-armey-to-lead-citizens-for-a-sound-economy |archivedate=March 8, 2009 }}</ref> In 2004, Citizens for a Sound Economy split into two new organizations, with Citizens for a Sound Economy being renamed as ], and Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation becoming ]. Both organizations played key roles in the Tea party movement beginning in 2009.


==History== ==History==
]]] ]]]
Between 1986 and 1990, the ] the ], the ], and the ] granted a combined $4.8 million to the CSE.{{cn}} Between 1986 and 1990, the ] the ], the ], and the ] granted a combined $4.8 million to the CSE.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Elite Consensus |first=George |last=Draffan |year=2003 |publisher=Apex |isbn=1-891843-14-1 |page=66}}</ref>

⚫ The CSE was one of several organizations that was connected with non-profit organizations that the tobacco industry and other corporate interests worked with and provided funding for after the 1971 ].<ref name="tobaccocontrol.bmj.com"/><ref name="Brendan DeMelle 2013">{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brendan-demelle/study-confirms-tea-party-_b_2663125.html |title=Study Confirms Tea Party Was Created by Big Tobacco and Billionaire Koch Brothers |first=Brendan |last=DeMelle |publisher=] |date=February 11, 2013 |accessdate=March 25, 2015}}</ref> The CSE was mainly funded by the tobacco, oil, energy and sugar industries, including ], ], and ]. Other contributors included ] and ]. The CSE "received almost $5 million from various Koch foundations between 1986 and 1990, and David Koch and several Koch Industries employees serve as directors of CSE and the CSE Foundation."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bogardus |first1=Kevin |title=Koch's low profile belies political power |date=July 15, 2004 |url=https://publicintegrity.org/environment/kochs-low-profile-belies-political-power/ |access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref>


CSE briefly assumed control of the financially troubled ] and operated it as a subsidiary from CSE's offices until the split in 2000. Beginning in 1990, the Tax Foundation "operate as a separate unit" of Citizens for a Sound Economy.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.taxfoundation.org/sites/taxfoundation.org/files/docs/e5e6abba4dc59512941d0b0e22fb2b85.pdf |title=Tax Features |volume=34 |number=1 |publisher=Tax Foundation |date=January 1990 |accessdate=September 8, 2014}}</ref> By July 1991, the Tax Foundation was again operating as "an independent 501(c)(3) organization".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://taxfoundation.org/sites/taxfoundation.org/files/docs/72bbfeab670a2f70339618c556b54d81.pdf |title=Tax Features |volume=35 |number=6 |publisher=Tax Foundation |date=July 1991 |accessdate=September 8, 2014}}</ref>
⚫ The CSE was one of several organizations that was connected with non-profit organizations that the tobacco industry and other corporate interests worked with and provided funding for after the 1971 ].<ref>, Amanda Fallin, Rachel Grana, Stanton A Glantz; Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, San Francisco, California, USA; ''Tobacco Control'', published Feb 8, 2013; viewed Feb 14, 2013, updated to free version March 5, 2013</ref> The CSE was mainly funded by the tobacco, oil, energy and sugar industries, including ], ], and ]. Other contributors included ] and ]. The CSE "received almost $5 million from various Koch foundations between 1986 and 1990, and David Koch and several Koch Industries employees serve as directors of CSE and the CSE Foundation."{{cn}}
<ref>{{cite news| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73903899.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+9%2C+1989&author=Albert+B.+Crenshaw&desc=Research+Group+Buys+Troubled+Tax+Foundation | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105123844/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73903899.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+9,+1989&author=Albert+B.+Crenshaw&desc=Research+Group+Buys+Troubled+Tax+Foundation | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 5, 2012 | first=Albert B. | last=Crenshaw | title=Research Group Buys Troubled Tax Foundation |website=Pqash.pqarchiver.com| date=October 9, 1989}}</ref>


In 1989, CSE purchased the financially troubled ] and operated it as a subsidiary from CSE's offices until the split in 2004.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73903899.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+9%2C+1989&author=Albert+B.+Crenshaw&desc=Research+Group+Buys+Troubled+Tax+Foundation | first=Albert B. | last=Crenshaw | title=Research Group Buys Troubled Tax Foundation | date=October 9, 1989}}</ref>{{Disputed-inline|date=April 2011}} ]<ref></ref> has no contributions listed to CSE after 2000, when it received a total of about $35,000, and zero contributions in 1998. ]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgave2.php?cmte=C00353227&cycle=2000 | title=Citizens for a Sound Economy Contributors, 2000 cycle | publisher=]}}</ref> has no contributions listed to CSE after 2000, when it received a total of about $35,000, and zero contributions in 1998.


In 2002, CSE designed and made public a "tea party" website. The website stated "our US Tea Party is a national event, hosted continuously online and open to all Americans who feel our taxes are too high and the tax code is too complicated".<ref name="tobaccocontrol.bmj.com"/> In 2003, ] became the chairman of CSE after retiring from Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1041986931689098504|title=Citizen Armey|first=Dick|last=Armey|date=8 January 2003|website=Wsj.com|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref>
In 2002, before ] politics were widely discussed in the mainstream media, CSE designed and made public the first tea party movement website.<ref>{{cite journal |title=‘To quarterback behind the scenes, third-party efforts’: the tobacco industry and the Tea Party |first1=Amanda |last1=Fallin |first2=Rachel |last2=Grana |first3=Stanton A. |last3=Glantz |url=http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2013/02/07/tobaccocontrol-2012-050815.full |journal=] |date=February 8, 2013 |accessdate=March 25, 2015}}</ref> In 2003, ] became the chairman of CSE after retiring from Congress.{{cn}}


In 2004, Citizens for a Sound Economy split into ] and ], according to the British newspaper '']''.<ref name=guardian20090918>{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Pilkington |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/18/republicans-internet-barack-obama |title=Republicans steal Barack Obama's internet campaigning tricks |newspaper=] |date=September 18, 2009 |accessdate=April 5, 2015}}</ref> Citizens for a Sound Economy was renamed ], according to journalist ].<ref name=themachine>{{cite book |last=Fang |first=Lee |title=The Machine: A Field Guide to the Resurgent Right |place=New York |year=2013 |isbn=9781595586391 |page=105 |publisher=]}}</ref> Dick Armey stayed as chairman of FreedomWorks, while David Koch stayed as chairman of Americans for Prosperity.{{fact|date=March 2015}} In 2004, Citizens for a Sound Economy split into ] and ], according to the British newspaper '']''.<ref name=guardian20090918>{{cite news |first=Ed |last=Pilkington |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/18/republicans-internet-barack-obama |title=Republicans steal Barack Obama's internet campaigning tricks |newspaper=] |date=September 18, 2009 |accessdate=April 5, 2015}}</ref> Dick Armey stayed as chairman of FreedomWorks, while David Koch stayed as chairman of Americans for Prosperity.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}


On July 23, 2006, the ] reported on the organization's tactics in signing up as members people who did not know about the organization, by enrolling them as members during unrelated insurance transactions in order to boost membership numbers. The group obtained about $638,000 and 16,000 members through the sale of insurance policies in this way, according to the report.<ref name=WithInsurance/> When someone signed up for insurance through "Medical Savings Insurance Company", they were also automatically signed up for Citizens for a Sound Economy without their knowledge, the report asserted. Their information is subject to be rented out as the Medical Savings Insurance Company deemed fit, which is not uncommon for many groups who obtain client contact information. Critics suggested the effort as a way for this group to inflate their membership rosters, and more exactly, by taking dues from people with no interest in the groups' politics.<ref name=WithInsurance>{{cite news On July 23, 2006, '']'' reported on the organization's tactics in signing up as members people who did not know about the organization, by enrolling them as members during unrelated insurance transactions in order to boost membership numbers. The group obtained about $638,000 and 16,000 members through the sale of insurance policies in this way, according to the report.<ref name=WithInsurance/> When someone signed up for insurance through "Medical Savings Insurance Company", they were also automatically signed up for Citizens for a Sound Economy without their knowledge, the report asserted. Their information is subject to be rented out as the Medical Savings Insurance Company deemed fit, which is not uncommon for many groups who obtain client contact information. Critics suggested the effort as a way for this group to inflate their membership rosters, and more exactly, by taking dues from people with no interest in the groups' politics.<ref name=WithInsurance>{{cite news
|title=With Insurance Policy Comes Membership |title=With Insurance Policy Comes Membership
|first=Jonathan |first=Jonathan
|last=Weisman |last=Weisman
|work=Washington Post |newspaper=Washington Post
|date=July 23, 2006 |date=July 23, 2006
|page=A05 |page=A05
|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/22/AR2006072200683.html |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/22/AR2006072200683.html
|accessdate=2007-05-15}}</ref> |accessdate=2007-05-15}}</ref>


==Activity== ==Activity==
The group produced more than 100 policy papers each year in its run, delivering them to many congressional offices, sending out thousands of pieces of mail, and getting coverage of its viewpoints in thousands of news articles around the ]. The group's representatives appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows and published hundreds op-ed articles arguing that "environmental conservation requires a commonsense approach that limits the scope of government," ] is a "so-called threat is largely nonexistent," and global warming is "a verdict in search of evidence."{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}} The group produced more than 100 policy papers each year in its run, delivering them to many congressional offices, sending out thousands of pieces of mail, and getting coverage of its viewpoints in thousands of news articles around the ]. The group's representatives appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows and published hundreds op-ed articles arguing that "environmental conservation requires a commonsense approach that limits the scope of government," ] is a "so-called threat is largely nonexistent," and global warming is "a verdict in search of evidence."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Liu |first1=Xin |title=Inaugural-Dissertation |url=https://www.thecre.com/pdf/20110919_Liu_Xin.pdf |publisher=The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref>


According to the conservative magazine ], CSE's greatest political success came in 1993 when it opposed ]'s proposal for a BTU energy tax.<ref>Matthew, Continetti,“The Paranoid Style in Liberal Politics,” The Weekly Standard, April 4, 2011. Accessed at http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/paranoid-style-liberal-politics_555525.html?page=2. Last accessed April 13, 2011.</ref> In addition to fighting tobacco taxes and healthcare reform, the CSE was a member organization of the ] which seeks to "expos(e)ng flawed economic, scientific, and risk analysis" with regard to ].<ref></ref> According to the conservative magazine ], CSE's greatest political success came in 1993 when it opposed ]'s proposal for a BTU energy tax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/paranoid-style-liberal-politics_555525.html?page=2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110411062913/http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/paranoid-style-liberal-politics_555525.html?page=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 11, 2011|title=The Paranoid Style in Liberal Politics|date=4 April 2011|website=Weeklystandard.com|accessdate=29 July 2017}}</ref> In addition to fighting tobacco taxes and healthcare reform, the CSE was a member organization of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cei.org/news-letters-cooler-heads-digest/cooler-heads-0|title=Cooler Heads|publisher=]|date=December 7, 2004|first=Myron|last=Ebell|authorlink=Myron Ebell}}</ref>


Oregon Citizens for a Sound Economy was accused in 2004 of encouraging ] supporters to help get ] on the ballot in ].<ref>{{cite news During the ] campaign, ] reported that Oregon Citizens for a Sound Economy were urging ] supporters to help get ] on the ballot in ].<ref>{{cite news
| title = Group: Bush allies illegally helping Nader in Oregon | title = Group: Bush allies illegally helping Nader in Oregon
| publisher = CNN | publisher = CNN
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Conservative and libertarian think tank (1984–2004)

Citizens for a Sound Economy
AbbreviationCSE
Successor
Formation1984
Dissolved2004
Legal status501(c)(4)
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
FoundersCharles Koch and David Koch
ChairmanRon Paul (first)
Dick Armey (last)
AffiliationsKoch family foundations

Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE) (1984–2004) was a conservative political group operating in the United States. It was established in 1984 by Charles and David Koch of Koch Industries. Ron Paul was appointed as the first chairman of the organization.

In 2002, the CSE designed its tea party movement website, though the movement did not take off until 2009. In 2003, Dick Armey became the chairman of CSE after retiring from Congress. In 2004, Citizens for a Sound Economy split into two new organizations, with Citizens for a Sound Economy being renamed as FreedomWorks, and Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation becoming Americans for Prosperity. Both organizations played key roles in the Tea party movement beginning in 2009.

History

CSE's former headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Between 1986 and 1990, the Koch family foundations the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, the David H. Koch Charitable Foundation, and the Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation granted a combined $4.8 million to the CSE.

The CSE was one of several organizations that was connected with non-profit organizations that the tobacco industry and other corporate interests worked with and provided funding for after the 1971 Powell Memorandum. The CSE was mainly funded by the tobacco, oil, energy and sugar industries, including Phillip Morris, General Electric, and Exxon. Other contributors included Microsoft and Hertz. The CSE "received almost $5 million from various Koch foundations between 1986 and 1990, and David Koch and several Koch Industries employees serve as directors of CSE and the CSE Foundation."

CSE briefly assumed control of the financially troubled Tax Foundation and operated it as a subsidiary from CSE's offices until the split in 2000. Beginning in 1990, the Tax Foundation "operate as a separate unit" of Citizens for a Sound Economy. By July 1991, the Tax Foundation was again operating as "an independent 501(c)(3) organization".

OpenSecrets has no contributions listed to CSE after 2000, when it received a total of about $35,000, and zero contributions in 1998.

In 2002, CSE designed and made public a "tea party" website. The website stated "our US Tea Party is a national event, hosted continuously online and open to all Americans who feel our taxes are too high and the tax code is too complicated". In 2003, Dick Armey became the chairman of CSE after retiring from Congress.

In 2004, Citizens for a Sound Economy split into FreedomWorks and Americans for Prosperity, according to the British newspaper The Guardian. Dick Armey stayed as chairman of FreedomWorks, while David Koch stayed as chairman of Americans for Prosperity.

On July 23, 2006, The Washington Post reported on the organization's tactics in signing up as members people who did not know about the organization, by enrolling them as members during unrelated insurance transactions in order to boost membership numbers. The group obtained about $638,000 and 16,000 members through the sale of insurance policies in this way, according to the report. When someone signed up for insurance through "Medical Savings Insurance Company", they were also automatically signed up for Citizens for a Sound Economy without their knowledge, the report asserted. Their information is subject to be rented out as the Medical Savings Insurance Company deemed fit, which is not uncommon for many groups who obtain client contact information. Critics suggested the effort as a way for this group to inflate their membership rosters, and more exactly, by taking dues from people with no interest in the groups' politics.

Activity

The group produced more than 100 policy papers each year in its run, delivering them to many congressional offices, sending out thousands of pieces of mail, and getting coverage of its viewpoints in thousands of news articles around the United States. The group's representatives appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows and published hundreds op-ed articles arguing that "environmental conservation requires a commonsense approach that limits the scope of government," acid rain is a "so-called threat is largely nonexistent," and global warming is "a verdict in search of evidence."

According to the conservative magazine Weekly Standard, CSE's greatest political success came in 1993 when it opposed Bill Clinton's proposal for a BTU energy tax. In addition to fighting tobacco taxes and healthcare reform, the CSE was a member organization of the Cooler Heads Coalition.

During the 2004 presidential election campaign, CNN reported that Oregon Citizens for a Sound Economy were urging George W. Bush supporters to help get Ralph Nader on the ballot in Oregon.

References

  1. ^ Fallin, Amanda; Grana, Rachel; Glantz, Stanton A. (February 8, 2013). "'To quarterback behind the scenes, third-party efforts': the tobacco industry and the Tea Party". Tobacco Control. 23 (4): 322–331. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2012-050815. PMC 3740007. PMID 23396417.
  2. "Dick Armey to lead Citizens for a Sound Economy". January 8, 2003. Archived from the original on March 8, 2009.
  3. Draffan, George (2003). The Elite Consensus. Apex. p. 66. ISBN 1-891843-14-1.
  4. DeMelle, Brendan (February 11, 2013). "Study Confirms Tea Party Was Created by Big Tobacco and Billionaire Koch Brothers". Huffington Post. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  5. Bogardus, Kevin (July 15, 2004). "Koch's low profile belies political power". Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  6. "Tax Features" (PDF). Tax Foundation. January 1990. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  7. "Tax Features" (PDF). Tax Foundation. July 1991. Retrieved September 8, 2014.
  8. Crenshaw, Albert B. (October 9, 1989). "Research Group Buys Troubled Tax Foundation". Pqash.pqarchiver.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2012.
  9. "Citizens for a Sound Economy Contributors, 2000 cycle". OpenSecrets.
  10. Armey, Dick (January 8, 2003). "Citizen Armey". Wsj.com. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  11. Pilkington, Ed (September 18, 2009). "Republicans steal Barack Obama's internet campaigning tricks". The Guardian. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  12. ^ Weisman, Jonathan (July 23, 2006). "With Insurance Policy Comes Membership". Washington Post. p. A05. Retrieved May 15, 2007.
  13. Liu, Xin. "Inaugural-Dissertation" (PDF). The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  14. "The Paranoid Style in Liberal Politics". Weeklystandard.com. April 4, 2011. Archived from the original on April 11, 2011. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
  15. Ebell, Myron (December 7, 2004). "Cooler Heads". Competitive Enterprise Institute.
  16. "Group: Bush allies illegally helping Nader in Oregon". CNN. July 1, 2004. Retrieved September 15, 2009.

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  • William: 1997
  • Charlotte: 1996
  • Robin: 1999
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