Third Way Foundation > Progressive Policy Institute > DLC - FUNDING 101

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http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Third_Way_Foundation

The Third Way:

The Third Way Foundation, formerly known as the Progressive Foundation, is an umbrella organization of New Democrats. The Progressive Policy Institute, the affiliated think tank of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), is a project of the foundation.

Political Funding:

1). Bradley Foundation:

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bradley_Foundation

"According to the Media Transparency web site, the Foundation's "resources, its clear political agenda, and its extensive national network of contacts and collaborators in political, academic and media circles has allowed it to exert an important influence on key issues of public policy. While its targets range from affirmative action to social security, it has seen its greatest successes in the areas of welfare 'reform' and attempts to privatize public education through the promotion of school vouchers....

"'The overall objective of the Bradley Foundation, however, is to return the U.S. -- and the world -- to the days before governments began to regulate Big Business, before corporations were forced to make concessions to an organized labor force. In other words, laissez-faire capitalism: capitalism with the gloves off.'"

2). Howard Gilman Foundation:

http://www.capitalresearch.org/search/gmdisplay.asp?Org=133097486

3). Ameritech Foundation:

(prominently listed on SourceWatch, but only gave $10,000)

http://www.capitalresearch.org/search/gmdisplay.asp?Org=363350561 1996 Grants

4). General Mills Foundation:

(prominently listed on SourceWatch, but only gave $20,000)

http://www.capitalresearch.org/search/gmdisplay.asp?Org=416018495 1996 Grants


5). John M. Olin Foundation:

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_M._Olin_Foundation

"The John M. Olin Foundation, based in New York, was established in 1953 by John Merrill Olin (1892-1982), inventor, industrialist, conservationist, and philanthropist. 'Olin was committed to the preservation of the principles of political and economic liberty as they have been expressed in American thought, institutions and practice.'<1> (http://www.jmof.org/history_purposes.html)

"'Accordingly, the general purpose of the John M. Olin Foundation is to provide support for projects that reflect or are intended to strengthen the economic, political and cultural institutions upon which the American heritage of constitutional government and private enterprise is based. The Foundation also seeks to promote a general understanding of these institutions by encouraging the thoughtful study of the connections between economic and political freedoms, and the cultural heritage that sustains them.'<2> (http://www.jmof.org/history_purposes.html)

"In 2001, the Foundation expended $20,482,961 to fund right-wing think tanks including the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), the Brookings Institution, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy, the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the Heritage Foundation, the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, the Hudson Institute, the Independent Women's Forum, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University, the Manhattan Institute for Public Policy Research, and the Project for the New American Century (PNAC). 'The Foundation also gives large sums of money to promote conservative programs in the country's most prestigious colleges and universities.'<3> (http://www.mediatransparency.org/funderprofile.php?funderID=7)<4> (http://www.jmof.org/history_purposes.html)<5> (http://www.jmof.org/grants_1996.html)"

6). Smith Richardson Foundation:

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Smith_Richardson_Foundation

"The Smith Richardson Foundation is financed by the Vicks Vaporub fortune. The Foundation reported assets of $494 million in 2001 and gave away $23 million.

"The Foundation became active in supporting conservative causes in 1973 when R. Richardson Randolph became its president. Forbes estimates the Richardsons to have a net worth of $870 million, which makes it one of the U.S.'s richest families.<1> (http://www.mediatransparency.org/funderprofile.php?funderID=6)

"The Foundation funded the early 'supply-side' books of Jude Wanniski and George Gilder. It is also listed in the acknowledgements for Dennis King's study of the LaRouche movement, Lyndon LaRouche and the New American Fascism (1989).

"Grantees The Foundation gave approximately $99,686,911 to a total of 266 grantees. Conservative think tanks that received substantial sums were:

Center for Strategic and International Studies, $3,135,061
American Enterprise Institute, $2,942,532
Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at John Hopkins; $2,680,334
Brookings Institute, $2,629,870
RAND Corporation, $1,854,061
Hudson Institute, $1,595,510
National Institute for Public Policy, $1,534,334
Urban Institute, $1,492,624
Freedom House, Inc., $1,109,500
Council on Foreign Relations, $883,023"

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Progressive Policy Institute

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Progressive_Policy_Institute

"The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) was established in 1989 "and after the 1992 election gained notoriety as 'Bill Clinton's idea mill.'" PPI is the think tank of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), founded in 1985 by PPI's President, Will Marshall, and counts among its past chairs former President Bill Clinton, Congressman Richard Gephardt, and Senator Joseph I. Lieberman. <1> (http://www.followthenetwork.org/groupprofile.asp?grpid=6901)

"Mission **** Note influence of THIRD WAY THINKING! ****

"The Progressive Policy Institute is a catalyst for political change. Its mission is to modernize progressive politics and government for the Information Age. Leaving behind the stale left-right debates of the industrial era, PPI is a prolific source of 'Third Way' thinking that is shaping the emerging politics of the 21st century." <2> (http://www.ppionline.org/)

"Funding: **** Note the dubious "left-wing" supportive Harry Bradley Foundation! See #1 under funding for The Third Way Foundation! ****

"According to Follow the Network, "PPI receives relatively little direct foundation sponsorship: most of the money PPI has received (about $300,000) has come from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, which contributes to a variety of both leftwing and conservative foundations. Additional PPI money has come from the BP Foundation, the AT&T Foundation (http://www.followthenetwork.org/funderProfile.asp?fndid=5195), the Eastman Kodak Charitable Trust, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (http://www.followthenetwork.org/funderprofile.asp?fndid=5299&category=79)." <3> (http://www.followthenetwork.org/groupprofile.asp?grpid=6901)

http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1534

http://www.dkosopedia.com/index.php?title=Progressive_Policy_Institute&printable=yes

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DLC:

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Democratic_Leadership_Council

"The Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) was co-founded in 1985 by Will Marshall, who served as its first Policy Director and who is the founder and President of DLC's think tank, the Progressive Policy Institute. DLC counts among its past chairs former President Bill Clinton, Congressman Richard Gephardt, and Senator Joseph I. Lieberman. <1> (http://www.followthenetwork.org/groupprofile.asp?grpid=6901) Current chairman is Senator Evan Bayh."

See Profiles: http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1463

"According to the DLC, 'It is not a political committee and is not organized to influence elections.'"

Also, see the the Source at this link!

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BTW, Capital Research Center:

"The Capital Research Center is a conservative think tank whose stated mission is to do 'opposition research' exposing the funding sources behind consumer, health and environmental groups."

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Capital_Research_Center

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1. Conservative thinking funded > think tank > Practiced by DLC Democrats!

It is not just the fact that the DLC is funded by corporations, as the above links demonstrate, but that the conservative foundations and think tanks plant economic and intellectual seeds.

These become the roots of the DLC funding and thoughts.

These sponsor conservative think-tank policies and agenda.

These are practiced by DLC Democrats.

So when your local DLC Democrat gets busy in Congress, they are actually working from a conservative point of view.

They consider corporate legislation, executive power, and the Constitution from a conservative perspective as well.

Centrist and Progressive labels can be used by anyone, including *

However, in practice, the Centrist and Progressive labels have been redefined by the Republican Lexicon and are to the far right of what those words meant only 25 years ago.

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2. Any inaccuracies? n/t

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3. Kindly give your impression of this. Can you see the flow of $$$$$$?

Is it obvious that the DLC has at its roots the money and brain trust of the Conservative movement that was also behind the Republican Revolution?

If not, then please post your critique so I can improve upon the argument.