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The '''Show-Me Institute''' (SMI) is a Missouri-based [[think tank]] that describes itself as a nonpartisan "research and educational institute dedicated to improving the quality of life for all citizens of Missouri."<ref name="Show-Me About">[http://showmeinstitute.org/about/ "About the Show Me Institute"], accessed March 2008.</ref> However, it is led by wealthy conservatives and Republican campaign staffers.<ref name="SMIreport">Progress Missouri, [http://www.progressmissouri.org/SMI "What Missourians Need to Know About the Show-Me Institute"], ''Progess Missouri''organizational report, accessed May 20142013.</ref> It was founded in 2005 by billionaire right-wing political donor [[Rex Sinquefield]].<ref name="WSJ">Naomi Schaefer Riley, [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203897404578078551936968168.html Meet One of the Super-PAC Men], ''Wall Street Journal'', October 26, 2012.</ref> SMI is a state think tank member of the [[State Policy Network]] (SPN).