Americans for Prosperity

Organization Trends
Civil Asset Forfeiture Makes for Strange Bedfellows
In 2020, the Capital Research Center (CRC) examined civil asset forfeiture and noted how criticism of the practice had brought together a rather improbable ideological coalition. As efforts to reform…
by Robert Stilson on February 2, 2023

Deception & Misdirection
Leftists in Pennsylvania Outspent Conservatives 3 to 1 in 2020
It’s time for the myth that conservatives outspend liberal elections groups to go the way of the dodo. New research examining the 2020 election in Pennsylvania reveals that left-wing political…
by Hayden Ludwig, Kevin Mooney on May 12, 2021

Labor Watch
Americans for Prosperity Endorses Employee Rights Act
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) has endorsed the Employee Rights Act (ERA) congressional legislation, signalling its support for enhanced workers rights and protections across the nation. AFP joins a growing…
by Daniel Lauer on July 20, 2017

Foundation Watch
AFP ad highlights wasteful “green energy” spending
Americans for Prosperity unveiled a new “Wasteful Spending” ad taking the Obama administration to task for wasting taxpayer money. The ad states that billions of stimulus dollars have been doled…
by vadum on April 26, 2012

Blog
Communist-Linked Apollo Alliance Dictates to Congress
President Obama’s new “green jobs” czar Van Jones, an avowed militant communist, had been on the board of the pressure group Apollo Alliance, which aspires to flatten the U.S. economy by…
by Matthew Vadum on July 31, 2009

Blog
Patients United Now Ad
Patients United Now, which is a project of Americans for Prosperity Foundation, is now running an effective TV ad opposing President Obama’s socialist healthcare scheme. It features patient Shona Holmes…
by Matthew Vadum on July 21, 2009