Center-Right Coalition Groups to Expose Motives of State Attorneys General in Microsoft Case

News Advisory:

WHAT: Press conference to discuss motives behind the nine states choosing to opt-out of the Microsoft-DOJ settlement and press forward. (California, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Florida, Kansas, Utah, West Virginia, District of Columbia)

WHO: Sponsored by Frontiers of Freedom, a public policy think tank and citizens group founded by retired Senator Malcolm Wallop (R-Wyoming).

Speakers include: (statements and interviews will be available on-site)

John Berthoud, President — National Taxpayers Union

— Jim Cox, Executive Director — Association of Concerned Taxpayers

— James Gattuso, Vice President for Policy — Competitive Enterprise Institute

— Erick Gustafson, Director of the Center for Consumer Choice — Citizens

for a Sound Economy

— David Keene, Chairman — American Conservative Union

— George Landrith, President — Frontiers of Freedom

— Jim Martin, President — 60 Plus

— Grover Norquist, President — Americans for Tax Reform

— Tom Schatz, President — Citizens Against Government Waste

— Jason Wright, Vice President — Frontiers of Freedom

WHY:

Panelists will address the following issues:

Should the American people be alarmed that 9 states and the District of Columbia have concluded that while raising taxes is unpopular, suing corporate America to solve their budget woes is not?

Have states engaged in reckless spending habits, hoping now to bleed one of history’s most successful companies dry to balance their books?

Are these states sending a message that innovation is bad?

Have these states caved in to innovative competitors in their own backyards?

Who or what’s to blame? Greedy mismanaged states? A potentially flawed tobacco settlement? The Clinton/Gore/Reno administration? Or liberal ideology at its core?

WHEN: Wednesday, December 5, 2 p.m.

WHERE: National Press Club, Holeman Lounge

Washington, D.C.

CONTACT: Jason Wright of Frontiers of Freedom, 703-246-0110, e-mail: jwright@ff.org