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A study funded and written by the organization contributed to Florida Governor [[Rick Scott]]'s defense of his controversial welfare drug-testing law, requiring benefit recipients to take a drug test as a qualification for benefits. The law came under fire from the ACLU and other groups, and a Bush-appointed federal judge threw out the Foundation's study as evidence, claiming it was "not competeny expert opinion" and that "even a cursory review of certain assumptions in the pamphlet undermines its conclusions." <ref>Ashley Lopez [http://floridaindependent.com/55136/tarren-bragdon-foundation-for-government-accountability]
New ‘free market’ think tank sets its sights on 2012 legislative session Florida Independent, November 2 2011.</ref>
==Connections to other Right-wing Think Tanks and Groups==
The Foundation's CEO and Director, Tarren Bragdon, is the former head of the [[Maine Heritage Policy Center]], a Koch-funded and affiliated right-wing think tank described as very influential with the Maine GOP establishment<ref>Ben Wolford [http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/oct/17/maine-man-politics-upstart-Tarren-Bragdon-florida/] Maine man: Young political upstart from New England starts Naples-based think tank, October 17 2011.
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