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Washington Post
July 22, 2006
Jonathan Weisman

With Insurance Policy Comes Membership

Unbeknown to Some, Those Signing Up With Firm Are Joining Conservative Group [FreedomWorks]

...an obscure arrangement between a prominent Republican businessman, J. Patrick Rooney, and a free-market interest group...has netted the grass-roots organization hundreds of thousands of dollars and thousands of new members. Citizens for a Sound Economy -- now called FreedomWorks and headed by former House majority leader Richard K. Armey (R-Tex.) -- has netted more than $638,000 and about 16,000 members through the sale of insurance policies.

...Critics see the effort as a way for political groups to inflate their membership rosters -- and their bottom lines -- by taking dues from people with no interest in the groups' politics.

"We have clearly concluded these folks had no idea what Citizens for a Sound Economy was," said Louis M. Silber, a lawyer involved in a Florida class-action suit against Rooney's firm. "They had no idea where their money was going."

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Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation

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