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{{#badges:RealEconomyProject|Front groups}} | {{#badges:RealEconomyProject|Front groups}} | ||
| − | '''Stop Too Big To Fail''' is a [[front group]] for the financial industry, working to block financial reform. In April, 2010, the group spent $1.6 million to advertise targeting Majority Leader Harry Reid, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) in ways to make it appear that liberals should oppose financial reform. Stop Too Big To Fail is run by another front group, [[Consumers for Competitive Choice]]. | + | '''Stop Too Big To Fail''' is a [[front group]] for the financial industry, working to block financial reform. In April, 2010, the group spent $1.6 million to advertise targeting Majority Leader Harry Reid, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) in ways to make it appear that liberals should oppose financial reform. Stop Too Big To Fail is run by another front group, [[Consumers for Competitive Choice]].<ref>Justin Elliott [http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/rent-a-front_stop_too_big_to_fail_fights_reform.php?ref=fpa Rent-A-Front: New Group Wages Stealth Battle Against Wall Street Reform], TPMMuckraker/Talking Points Memo, April 21, 2010</ref> |
==DCI connection== | ==DCI connection== | ||
| − | Economist Simon Johnson was approached to participate on a conference call organized for Stop Too Big To Fail, by representatives of [[DCI Group]], the Washington astroturf/lobbying firm that has worked for right-wing causes from the [[Swift Boat Veterans for Truth|Swift Boat Veterans]] to the Burmese junta to the tobacco industry. | + | Economist Simon Johnson was approached to participate on a conference call organized for Stop Too Big To Fail, by representatives of [[DCI Group]], the Washington [[astroturf]]/[[lobbying]] firm that has worked for right-wing causes from the [[Swift Boat Veterans for Truth|Swift Boat Veterans]] to the Burmese junta to the [[tobacco industry]]. |
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
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==Articles and resources== | ==Articles and resources== | ||
===Related SourceWatch articles=== | ===Related SourceWatch articles=== | ||
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| + | "Stop Too Big to Fail" is a project of Consumers for Competitive Choice, a 501(c)(4) organization<br> | ||
| + | P.O. Box 329<br> | ||
| + | Greenwood, IN 46142<br> | ||
| + | Email: media@stoptoobigtofail.com <br> | ||
| + | Phone: 866.285.6216<br> | ||
===References=== | ===References=== | ||
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===External resources=== | ===External resources=== | ||
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* Justin Elliott, [http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/rent-a-front_stop_too_big_to_fail_fights_reform.php?ref=fpb Rent-A-Front: New Group Wages Stealth Battle Against Wall Street Reform], TPM Muckraker, April 21, 2010. | * Justin Elliott, [http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/04/rent-a-front_stop_too_big_to_fail_fights_reform.php?ref=fpb Rent-A-Front: New Group Wages Stealth Battle Against Wall Street Reform], TPM Muckraker, April 21, 2010. | ||
Revision as of 03:30, 22 April 2010
{{#badges:RealEconomyProject|Front groups}} Stop Too Big To Fail is a front group for the financial industry, working to block financial reform. In April, 2010, the group spent $1.6 million to advertise targeting Majority Leader Harry Reid, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) in ways to make it appear that liberals should oppose financial reform. Stop Too Big To Fail is run by another front group, Consumers for Competitive Choice.[1]
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DCI connection
Economist Simon Johnson was approached to participate on a conference call organized for Stop Too Big To Fail, by representatives of DCI Group, the Washington astroturf/lobbying firm that has worked for right-wing causes from the Swift Boat Veterans to the Burmese junta to the tobacco industry.
Personnel
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- Co-founder Bob Johnson, Indianapolis lawyer. Formerly head of telecom-industry front group Consumers for Cable Choice.
- Sam Zamarripa, a former Democratic state senator in Georgia who now owns a private equity firm and is co-founder of Atlanta's United Americas Bank.
Contact details
- Website: http://stoptoobigtofail.com
Articles and resources
Related SourceWatch articles
Contact
"Stop Too Big to Fail" is a project of Consumers for Competitive Choice, a 501(c)(4) organization
P.O. Box 329
Greenwood, IN 46142
Email: media@stoptoobigtofail.com
Phone: 866.285.6216
References
- ↑ Justin Elliott Rent-A-Front: New Group Wages Stealth Battle Against Wall Street Reform, TPMMuckraker/Talking Points Memo, April 21, 2010
External resources
- Justin Elliott, Rent-A-Front: New Group Wages Stealth Battle Against Wall Street Reform, TPM Muckraker, April 21, 2010.
- Paul Krugman, Stop Stop Too Big To Fail, Conscience of a Liberal blog, NY Times, April 21, 2010.
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