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| title = About Us | | title = About Us | ||
| url = http://www.freecongress.org/aboutfcf.aspx | | url = http://www.freecongress.org/aboutfcf.aspx | ||
| publisher = Free Congress Foundation}}</ref> It was founded by the late Paul Weyrich | | publisher = Free Congress Foundation}}</ref> It was founded by the late Paul Weyrich, after leaving the Heritage Foundation. | ||
Another description of its ideology is "traditional conservative" or paleoconservative | Another description of its ideology is "traditional conservative" or paleoconservative, which American conservatism|American conservatives use as a differentiator from neoconservatism.<ref>{{citation | ||
| url =http://www.friendsofliberty.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=628 | | url =http://www.friendsofliberty.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=628 | ||
| title = Voices in the Wilderness: Of the "Paleoconservative" Spectrum | | title = Voices in the Wilderness: Of the "Paleoconservative" Spectrum | ||
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*'''Center for a Balanced Future''' "is geared to providing public policy ideas which will enhance fiscal responsibility." | *'''Center for a Balanced Future''' "is geared to providing public policy ideas which will enhance fiscal responsibility." | ||
==Funding: Received and distributed== | ==Funding: Received and distributed== | ||
It receives its major funding from the Scaife Family Foundations | It receives its major funding from the Scaife Family Foundations, which support a number of conservative causes. <ref name=WM>{{citation | ||
| title = The man behind the curtain: Richard Mellon Scaife - and $200 million of his money - is the man behind the conservative revolution - heir to the Mellon family millions funds three rightwing foundations | | title = The man behind the curtain: Richard Mellon Scaife - and $200 million of his money - is the man behind the conservative revolution - heir to the Mellon family millions funds three rightwing foundations | ||
| journal = Washington Monthly | date = July-August, 1997 | author = Nurith C. Aizenman | | journal = Washington Monthly | date = July-August, 1997 | author = Nurith C. Aizenman | ||
| url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_n7_v29/ai_19596310/}}</ref> | | url = http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_n7_v29/ai_19596310/}}</ref> | ||
Among its grantees is Robert Spencer | Among its grantees is Robert Spencer, an activist against Islam. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Describing itself as not only "politically conservative, but it is more than that: it is also culturally conservative", a think tank focused "on the Culture War. Will America return to the culture that made it great, our traditional, Judeo-Christian, Western culture? Or will we continue the long slide into the cultural and moral decay of political correctness? If we do, America, once the greatest nation on earth, will become no less than a third world country."[1] It was founded by the late Paul Weyrich, after leaving the Heritage Foundation. Another description of its ideology is "traditional conservative" or paleoconservative, which American conservatism|American conservatives use as a differentiator from neoconservatism.[2] Projects and centers
Funding: Received and distributedIt receives its major funding from the Scaife Family Foundations, which support a number of conservative causes. [3] Among its grantees is Robert Spencer, an activist against Islam. References
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