Jackie Bodnar from FreedomWorks announces the launch of a new FreedomWorks initiative to expose corporate welfare and cronyism. Grassroots activist will start targeting crony corporations like General Electric, by exposing their relationships with big-government and the ‘stimulus’ funds they have received.
“General Electric has a long history of profiteering off the size and cost of the federal government. Under Jeff Immelt’s leadership, GE lobbied for almost $100 million in grants out of the 2009 Obama stimulus, and continues to cash in with $5 million from the Energy Department this year alone.”
FreedomWorks activists plan to gather outside of GE’s Annual Shareholder Meeting on April 24th ,[..] to demand that GE return its almost $100 million in Obama stimulus money. Deneen and Tom Borelli are GE shareholders and will represent FreedomWorks inside the shareholder meeting.