Wyoming Liberty Group Explained

Wyoming Liberty Group
Formation:2008
Type:501(c)(3) organization
Headquarters:Cheyenne, Wyoming
Location:1740 Dell Range Blvd., # 459
Cheyenne, WY 82009
Region Served:Wyoming
Leader Title:Founder
Leader Name:Susan Gore
Budget:Revenue: $760,185
Expenses: $789,987
(FYE December 2014)[1]

The Wyoming Liberty Group is a free market think tank in Wyoming, United States.[2] [3] Founded in 2008, the group "invites citizens to prepare for informed, active and confident involvement in local and state government."[4]

Activity

In 2011, the Wyoming Liberty Group criticized the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, arguing that $400,000 had been spent for each job created.[5]

Wyoming Liberty Group has argued against government expansion and for private sector solutions, arguing the European welfare state is detrimental to freedom and individual development.[6]

In 2015, the Wyoming Liberty Group launched a national group, the Pillar of Law Institute. The group's aim is to fight restrictive campaign finance laws, which it characterizes as a free speech issue.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Quickview data . . Also see Web site: Charity Rating. Charity Navigator.
  2. Jamie Peck, Constructions of neoliberal reason, Oxford University Press, 2010, p. 175 https://books.google.com/books?id=_gmDuCQxDiIC&dq=%22platte+institute+for+economic+research%22&pg=PA175
  3. News: Morton. Tom. Beware government growth, liberty group says. 22 February 2013. Star-Tribune. 2010-06-20.
  4. http://wyliberty.org/about-2/who-we-are/ Official website, who we are
  5. Ruffin Prevost, 'Wyoming stimulus spending draws mixed reviews', in Billings Gazette, September 14, 2011 http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_be42f1ce-4ad4-57dd-9898-61b0c8d07bef.html
  6. Web site: Beware government growth, liberty group says.
  7. News: Hancock. Laura. Wyoming Liberty Group starts national organization. 7 June 2016. Casper Star Tribune. April 4, 2015.