Published: 04-24-08
ATLANTA GA- Peggy Venable Texas Director of Americans for Prosperity will be speaking to the Heritage Foundation’s Resource Bank conference on Friday about the problem of taxpayer dollars being used to fund lobby activities that are anti-taxpayer.
Venable successfully sued the Texas Association of Counties for violating a state law that prohibited counties from paying dues to an association that works to influence legislation.
“We were the first organization to quantify and expose the practice of pitting the taxman against the taxpayer” said Venable. “When citizens are working hard to take care of their families and pay their taxes these taxpayers should not have to worry that some of their tax dollars are being used to lobby to dig deeper into the taxpayers’ pockets.”
The nation’s leading public policy group gathers more than 600 think tank executives public interest lawyers policy experts and elected officials from around the world to discuss issues strategies and methods for advancing free market limited government public policies.
Heritage has partnered with Atlas Economic Research Foundation State Policy Network and World Taxpayers Associations enhance the breadth of topics covered and networking opportunities.
The 31st Annual Heritage Resource bank will be the largest forum for free-market policies is being held April 24-25 2008 in Atlanta Georgia.
Other speakers include Dan Oliver editor of National Review and Grover Norquist. president of Americans for Tax Reform as well as AFP National President Tim Phillips.
