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[[File:Exxonsecrets-header.gif|thumb|350px|It takes all kinds of global warming denial funding organizations to keep a public stupefied.]]
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Cascade Policy Institute Portland-based "think tank" promoting "public policy alternatives" like:
* private automobile ownership at the expense of effective public transportation<ref>[http://www.trimetriders.org/ Transit Riders Union] (OCTOBER 2010 UPDATE)</ref>
* motor vehicle-centric transportation infrastructure at the expense of improved bicycle transportation networks
* integrating social security and unemployment insurance programs into the same Wall Street casino that recently brought the global financial system to its knees
* an array of climate change denial schemes
* elimination of growth boundaries at the expense of sustainable land use policy<ref>[http://www.sprawlwatch.org/communications.html#1 Sprawl Watch | communications | Research on Pro-Sprawl Players and Messages]</ref>
* tax cuts for wealthy Oregonians<ref>[http://www.blueoregon.com/2009/11/the-new-math-or-how-cascade-policy-institute-needs-a-working-calculator/ The new math or how Cascade Policy Institute needs a working calculator]</ref>

== See Also ==
* [[Un-Occupy Portland]]
* [[Organized Suppression]]
* [[wikipedia:Astroturfing|Astroturfing]] (Wikipedia)

== References ==
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== External Links ==
* [http://www.cascadepolicy.org/ Cascade Policy Institute] (Official Website)
* [http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cascade_Policy_Institute Cascade Policy Institute] (Source Watch)
* [http://exxonsecrets.org/html/orgfactsheet.php?id=151 FACTSHEET: Cascade Policy Institute, CPI] (ExxonSecrets)
* [http://www.trimetriders.org/motor-ideology The Social Ideology of the Motorcar]

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