‘AFP’ Archives
Gov. Perdue’s Decision to Retire Reflects Bad Policies, Has Implications Beyond the Governor’s Office
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue announced yesterday that she will not seek re-election this fall. Given that North Carolina is a swing state and host to the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Perdue’s retirement has policy implications beyond he... [Read More]
Americans for Prosperity Hosts Watch Parties, Responds to State of the Union Address
Americans for Prosperity Hosts Watch Parties, Responds to State of the Union Address Arlington, VA - Last night hundreds of activists gathered at a dozen different State of the Union Watch Parties around the country. Remarks from America... [Read More]
A message from AFP President Tim Phillips
Today hundreds of citizens attended AFP State of the Union watch parties all across America, gathering together to contrast the policies of economic freedom with the President's philosophy of big-government spending, cronyism, and the other issues P... [Read More]
Obama Forgets: State of the Union Pictures
Pictures from our Obama Forgets State of the Union Watch Parties happening across the country: [Read More]
President Obama Forgets – Policy Reminder #7
President Obama Forgets that the Constitution Doesn’t Give Him Unlimited Power. But AFP activists want to remind the President that he can’t side-step checks and balances at every turn and impose his own polices at will. Obama frequently attacke... [Read More]
AFP Leads Conservative Coalition in Support of CBO Budget "Scoring" Reform
Today AFP led a coalition of eight free-market organizations in sending to Capitol Hill a letter supporting the Pro-Growth Budgeting Act, H.R. 3582, introduced last month by Representative Tom Price (R-GA). AFP also endorses the Senate version of the ... [Read More]
President Obama Forgets – Policy Reminder #6
President Obama Forgets he said that his $800 billion stimulus boondoggle would “save or create 3.5 million jobs” and keep unemployment below 8%. But AFP activists want to remind President Obama that the unemployment rate has never been bel... [Read More]
President Obama Forgets – Policy Reminder #5
President Obama Forgets that he said under his new health care law that “if you like your plan you can keep it” and that health care costs would go down. But AFP activists want to remind the President that Americans will be unable to keep their he... [Read More]
President Obama Forgets – Policy Reminder #4
President Obama Forgets he said he would never raise taxes on anyone making less than $250,000 a year. But AFP activists want to remind him that he has already signed several bills that include tax hikes on middle-income Americans. On the campaign tra... [Read More]
Fact Checking President Obama: Unprecedented Cronyism AFP Releases Solyndra Documentation
Yesterday President Obama released his first campaign ad of 2012, titled “Unprecedented,” in which he renewed old attacks on Americans for Prosperity, and attempted to defend his record on energy and jobs. But fact checkers at Politifact labeled h... [Read More]
