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Robert Greenstein is founder and executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), a Washington, DC think tank that focuses on federal and state fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals. According to his CBPP bio, Greenstein is "an expert on the federal budget and in particular, the impact of tax and budget proposals on low-income people".
Greenstein was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1996, and the 14th Annual Heinz Award in Public Policy in 2008.[1] In 1994, he was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve on the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform.[2] Prior to founding the Center, Greenstein was Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service at the United States Department of Agriculture under President Jimmy Carter.[3]
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According to New York Times reporter Matt Bai, CBPP is funded by the Democracy Alliance.
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The Democracy Alliance is a partnership of business and philanthropic leaders who commit to making make human and financial donations to organizations the Alliance has endorsed.
It was formed with major backing from George Soros
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All from Wiki.
Democracy Alliance: Billionaires for Big Government
What’s Next for George Soros’s Democracy Alliance?
http://www.capitalresearch.org/news/news.html?id=551
The Democracy Alliance Does America The Soros-Founded Plutocrats
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/50576483...ded-Plutocrats
Quoting Greenstein is akin to quoting Glenn Beck as if it has validity to a political statement.