Vertical Politics Institute

The Vertical Politics Institute (VPI) is a conservative Political Action Committee in the United States. Their mission statement reads as such:

The Vertical Politics Institute is dedicated to finding solutions to the many challenges our nation faces today. We will focus on the following issues: tax reform, energy independence, controlling spending, health care reform, arts and education, sanctity of life, traditional marriage, environment and nation security.[1]

The creator and current chairman of VPI is former Arkansas governor and 2008 Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.[2]

Issues

On contemporary issues VPI endorses renewable energy resources as well as continued drilling and excavation of fossil fuels.[3] VPI has endorsed and supported California Proposition 8 which eliminated Californians' right to same-sex marriage.[4] Their economic platform is opposed to the 2008 Wall Street bailout plan, but rather favors a free-market approach and largely blames former U.S. presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton for the mortgage meltdown and subsequent global financial crisis.[5]

References
  1. "Our Mission". VerticalPoliticsInstitute.com. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
  2. "Huckabee Forms 'Vertical Politics' Institute". ArkansasBusiness.com. August 12, 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
  3. "Energy Independence". VerticalPoliticsInstitute.com. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
  4. "Traditional Marriage". VerticalPoliticsInstitute.com. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
  5. "The Economy". VerticalPoliticsInstitute.com. Retrieved 21 November 2008.


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