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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">STUB</font></div><div><div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="en" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr;"><div class="mw-parser-output" style=""><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Taxpayers for Common Sense</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> (</span><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">TCS</b><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">) is a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonpartisanism" title="Nonpartisanism" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">nonpartisan</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> federal budget </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchdog_journalism" title="Watchdog journalism" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">watchdog</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> organization based in </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,D.C." title="Washington, D.C." style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">Washington, D.C.</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> in the </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">United States</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. TCS is a </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)(3)organization" title="501(c)(3) organization" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none;">501(c)(3) non-profit organization</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">; </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501(c)organization#501(c)(4)" title="501(c) organization" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">501(c)(4)</a> affiliate is Taxpayers for Common Sense Action (TCS Action)</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. The current president of TCS is Steve Ellis. Founded in 1995 by Jill Lancelot and Rafael DeGennaro, TCS states that its mission is to ensure that the federal government spends taxpayer money efficiently and responsibly.</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxpayers_for_Common_Sense#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a></sup></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">TCS creates complete databases of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earmark(politics)" title="Earmark (politics)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">earmarks</a> that appear in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Congressional</a> spending bills. TCS is credited with labeling the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravina_Island_Bridge" title="Gravina Island Bridge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Gravina Island Bridge</a> proposal in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchikan,Alaska" title="Ketchikan, Alaska" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Ketchikan, Alaska</a> as the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge_to_nowhere" title="Bridge to nowhere" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bridge to Nowhere</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-Safire_2-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxpayers_for_Common_Sense#cite_note-Safire-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a></sup></font></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">During the 2020 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, the group received $178,500 in federally backed small business loan from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citibank" title="Citibank" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Citibank</a> as part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paycheck_Protection_Program" title="Paycheck Protection Program" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Paycheck Protection Program</a>. Their loan was seen as notable, since they campaign against excess government spending and are small-government advocates. TCS said it was the first time they have accepted government money.<sup id="cite_ref-proj_TAXP_3-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxpayers_for_Common_Sense#cite_note-proj_TAXP-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wash_Afte_4-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxpayers_for_Common_Sense#cite_note-wash_Afte-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a></sup></font></p><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span></span></font></h2><div class="reflist" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.5em; list-style-type: decimal;"><div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references" style="margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 3.2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-parent 0 list-item 0; list-style-type: inherit;"><li id="cite_note-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; counter-increment: mw-ref-extends-parent 1; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-child 0;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="user-select: none;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxpayers_for_Common_Sense#cite_ref-1" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"></a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFPanagopoulos,Costas.2008" class="citation book cs1" style="font-style: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Panagopoulos, Costas. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap" style="white-space: nowrap;">9 July</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ProPublica&rft.atitle=TAXPAYERS+FOR+COMMON+SENSE+-+Coronavirus+Bailouts+-+ProPublica&rft.aulast=Syed&rft.aufirst=Moiz&rft.au=Willis%2C+Derek&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fprojects.propublica.org%2Fcoronavirus%2Fbailouts%2Floans%2Ftaxpayers-for-common-sense-0ad162b87a9a6032f51d1da37bf3f70c&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATaxpayers+for+Common+Sense" class="Z3988" /></span></font></li><li id="cite_note-wash_Afte-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; counter-increment: mw-ref-extends-parent 1; counter-reset: mw-ref-extends-child 0;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-cite-backlink" style="user-select: none;"><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxpayers_for_Common_Sense#cite_ref-wash_Afte_4-0" aria-label="Jump up" title="Jump up" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"></a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFTom_HamburgerAaron_GreggAnu_Narayanswamy2020" class="citation news cs1" style="font-style: inherit; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Tom Hamburger; Aaron Gregg; Anu Narayanswamy (8 July 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/after-railing-against-federal-spending-gop-lawmakers-conservative-groups-benefit-from-small-business-loans/2020/07/08/4c57769e-c08b-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" w="w" skins="skins" vector="Vector" resources="resources" common="common" images="images" external-link-ltr-icon.svg="external-link-ltr-icon.svg" e54="e54" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px">"After railing against federal spending, GOP lawmakers, conservative groups benefit from government aid program"</a>. <i>Washington Post</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" style="white-space: nowrap;">9 July</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Washington+Post&rft.atitle=After+railing+against+federal+spending%2C+GOP+lawmakers%2C+conservative+groups+benefit+from+government+aid+program&rft.date=2020-07-08&rft.au=Tom+Hamburger&rft.au=Aaron+Gregg&rft.au=Anu+Narayanswamy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fpolitics%2Fafter-railing-against-federal-spending-gop-lawmakers-conservative-groups-benefit-from-small-business-loans%2F2020%2F07%2F08%2F4c57769e-c08b-11ea-b178-bb7b05b94af1_story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATaxpayers+for+Common+Sense" class="Z3988" /></span></font></li></ol></div></div><h2 style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="External_links">External links</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: isolate; margin-right: 0px;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Taxpayers_for_Common_Sense&action=edit§ion=2" title="Edit section: External links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none; white-space: nowrap;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h2><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); list-style-image: url(" w="w" skins="skins" vector="Vector" resources="resources" common="common" images="images" bullet-icon.svg="bullet-icon.svg" d4515="d4515" margin="margin" em="em" px="px" padding="padding"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><span class="official-website"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.taxpayer.net/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" w="w" skins="skins" vector="Vector" resources="resources" common="common" images="images" external-link-ltr-icon.svg="external-link-ltr-icon.svg" e54="e54" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Official website</font></a></span></span></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07272007/watch.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" w="w" skins="skins" vector="Vector" resources="resources" common="common" images="images" external-link-ltr-icon.svg="external-link-ltr-icon.svg" e54="e54" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Bill Moyers Journal</font></a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?stephenellis" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: url(" w="w" skins="skins" vector="Vector" resources="resources" common="common" images="images" external-link-ltr-icon.svg="external-link-ltr-icon.svg" e54="e54" right="right" center="center" no-repeat="no-repeat" padding-right="padding-right" px="px"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Appearances by Stephen Ellis on C-SPAN</font></a></li></ul><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.5em 0px;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">T</font><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Georgia, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" px="px">axpayers for Common Sense (TCS) is a left-of-center group that advocates against liberal conceptions of government waste, including certain core military programs, most notably the nuclear deterrent,</span><span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-1" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Georgia, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" box-sizing="box-sizing" border-box="border-box" font-size="font-size" px="px" line-height="line-height" position="position" relative="relative" vertical-align="vertical-align" baseline="baseline" top="top" em="em"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#note-1" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-weight="font-weight" margin-left="margin-left" px="px" display="display" inline-block="inline-block" opacity="opacity" font-size="font-size">[1]</a></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Georgia, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" px="px"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: Georgia, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" px="px">and other budget and taxation issues. The group claims not to take money from interests that have a stake in its work such as corporations, unions, and the government, but it frequently takes money from foundations that advocate for left-wing policies. The organization is based in Washington, D.C.</span></div><div class="profile-main-content the-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 60px; font-family: Georgia, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" px="px"><div class="profile-toc" id="profile-toc" style="background-color: rgb(249, 249, 249); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; display: inline-block; padding: 24px; border: 1px solid rgb(226, 226, 226); max-width: 400px; min-width: 225px;"><h4 class="profile-tocheading" style="text-align: left; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Montserrat, " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-weight="font-weight" line-height="line-height" color="color" rgb="rgb" margin="margin" px="px" font-size="font-size" text-transform="text-transform" uppercase="uppercase" letter-spacing="letter-spacing">CONTENTS</h4><div class="profile-tocinner" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;"><ul style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; line-height: 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-type: none;"><li class="first" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.4em;"><a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#leadership" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">Leadership</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.4em;"><a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#history" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">History</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.4em;"><a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#recent-issue-stances" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">Recent Issue Stances</a></li><li class="last" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.4em;"><a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#financials" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">Financials</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.4em;"><a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#references" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">References</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.4em;"><a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#connected-people" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">Directors, Employees & Supporters</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.4em;"><a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#donor-orgs" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">Donor Organizations</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0.4em;"><a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#donation-recipient-orgs" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">Donation Recipients</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"><a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#non-profit-info" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-weight: 700;">Form 990 Information</a></li></ul></div></div><h2 id="leadership" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.2; color: inherit; margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 24px; font-size: 20px; padding-bottom: 7.5px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202);">Leadership</h2><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">The organization is led by Ryan Alexander. Alexander has been president of the group since 2006; before that, she served on the TCS board for seven years. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#note-2" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-weight="font-weight" margin-left="margin-left" px="px" display="display" inline-block="inline-block" opacity="opacity" font-size="font-size">[2]</a></span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Before joining Taxpayers for Common Sense, Alexander was the co-founder of Appalachian Mountain Advocates, an organization that opposes to coal mining and natural gas extraction in the Appalachian region. She continues to chair that organization.</p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">She also sits on the board of directors for the Fund for Constitutional Government, an anti-corruption organization that has received donations from left-wing foundations. She also sits on the board for the Project on Government Oversight, which also receives donations from left-wing foundations. She also sits on the board for the ostensibly center-right <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/r-street-institute/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">R Street Institute</a>, which has received funding from left-wing anti-energy advocate Tom Steyer<span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#note-3" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-weight="font-weight" margin-left="margin-left" px="px" display="display" inline-block="inline-block" opacity="opacity" font-size="font-size">[3]</a></span> and a number of other environmentalist funders.</p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Autumn Hanna serves as vice president and directs the energy and natural resource campaign. She has been with the organization since 2000. Before she joined TCS, she was at the Penn State Center for Sustainability. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#note-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-weight="font-weight" margin-left="margin-left" px="px" display="display" inline-block="inline-block" opacity="opacity" font-size="font-size">[4]</a></span></p><h2 id="history" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.2; color: inherit; margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 24px; font-size: 20px; padding-bottom: 7.5px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202);">History</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">TCS was founded in 1995 by Jill Lancelot and Raphael DeGennaro. The first donation to the organization was made by former Senator William Proxmire (D-WI). <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-5" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#note-5" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-weight="font-weight" margin-left="margin-left" px="px" display="display" inline-block="inline-block" opacity="opacity" font-size="font-size">[5]</a></span> The organization later revived Proxmire’s “Golden Fleece Award” which the Senator awarded to government agencies that waste money. Proxmire served as TCS’s first honorary chairman.</span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">TCS claims credit for naming the so-called “Bridge to Nowhere,” a proposed bridge in rural Alaska in the early 2000s that became a symbol of the alleged abuse of Congressional earmarks. The bridge was canceled in 2007 amid widespread public opposition. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-6" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#note-6" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-weight="font-weight" margin-left="margin-left" px="px" display="display" inline-block="inline-block" opacity="opacity" font-size="font-size">[6]</a></span></p><h2 id="recent-issue-stances" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.2; color: inherit; margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 24px; font-size: 20px; padding-bottom: 7.5px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202);">Recent Issue Stances</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">TCS opposed plans to grant Gulf Coast states a portion of offshore drilling revenue in order for them to rebuild their coastline. TCS was blasted in a letter written by then U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA).</span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">“It is shocking to me that, after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and subsequent levee breaks that left 1,400 people dead, Taxpayers for Common Sense could argue against increasing revenue sharing to invest in coastal protection. This is not only about the destruction of communities and the pain and suffering of the survivors, it is about smart use of taxpayer funds.” wrote Landrieu. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-7" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#note-7" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-weight="font-weight" margin-left="margin-left" px="px" display="display" inline-block="inline-block" opacity="opacity" font-size="font-size">[7]</a></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">TCS has also opposed what it calls subsidies to the oil industry</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">. But its stance has been blasted as dishonest since other industries could take advantage of the tax breaks TCS calls subsides.</span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">“At the end of the day, this TCS ‘study’ doesn’t really seem to make a lot of sense. Those who know how the oil and gas industry, and the tax treatments that apply to it, actually work might even call it nonsense.” wrote energy analyst David Blackmon. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-8" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#note-8" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-weight="font-weight" margin-left="margin-left" px="px" display="display" inline-block="inline-block" opacity="opacity" font-size="font-size">[8]</a></span></p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">TCS came out against the 2017 tax reform bill. It called the bill “fiscally irresponsible.” <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-9" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#note-9" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-weight="font-weight" margin-left="margin-left" px="px" display="display" inline-block="inline-block" opacity="opacity" font-size="font-size">[9]</a></span></p><h2 id="financials" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.2; color: inherit; margin-top: 40px; margin-bottom: 24px; font-size: 20px; padding-bottom: 7.5px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(202, 202, 202);">Financials</h2><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">According to its 2015 tax return, TCS generated $1.8 million in revenue from contributions and grants. It paid out $862,547 in salaries and compensation. Its total expenses were $1.4 million.</p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">Its biggest expense was $586,239 on environmental advocacy and opposition to fossil fuel subsidies. It spent $225,512 on advocacy against farm subsidies. It spent $72,838 on tracking the federal budget.</p><p style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px;">TCS has been supported by numerous left-wing foundations in the past. The <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/bauman-family-foundation/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">Bauman Foundation</a> awarded $1,000 in 2015. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-10" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#note-10" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-weight="font-weight" margin-left="margin-left" px="px" display="display" inline-block="inline-block" opacity="opacity" font-size="font-size">[10]</a></span> The <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/energy-foundation/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">Energy Foundation</a> has awarded $285,000 since 2014 for various climate change related projects. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-11" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#note-11" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-weight="font-weight" margin-left="margin-left" px="px" display="display" inline-block="inline-block" opacity="opacity" font-size="font-size">[11]</a></span> The <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/proteus-fund/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">Proteus Fund</a> has awarded $150,000 in 2017 to push for lower defense spending. <span class="profile-referencesup" id="ref-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; top: -0.5em;"><a class="profile-referencelink" href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/taxpayers-for-common-sense/#note-12" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s; font-family: Montserrat, " helvetica="Helvetica" neue="Neue" arial="Arial" sans-serif="sans-serif" font-weight="font-weight" margin-left="margin-left" px="px" display="display" inline-block="inline-block" opacity="opacity" font-size="font-size">[12]</a></span> The <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/david-and-lucile-packard-foundation/" style="box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7, 75, 162); text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.15s ease 0s;">David and Lucile Packard Foundation</a> has awarded over $586,000 since 2013 for various climate change related projects.</p></div><div class="profile-section" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 60px; font-family: Georgia, " times="Times" new="New" roman="Roman" serif="serif" font-size="font-size" px="px" background-color="background-color" rgb="rgb"><h4 class="content-box-subheading" id="references" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); margin-top: 12px; margin-bottom: 30px; font-size: 20px; border-top: 4px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); padding-top: 10px; display: flex;"><div class="content-box-subheading__text" style="box-sizing: border-box; flex-grow: 1;">References</div></h4></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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