Talk:Downsize DC Foundation

VfD
On April 23, 2005, this article was nominated for deletion. The result was keep (no consensus). See Votes for deletion/Downsize DC Foundation for a record of the discussion. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 21:12, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

This was added by an anonymous editor with no track record; it needs to be carefully vetted:
 * An initiative to end federal flood insurance, September 13th, 2005

Is there any record of such an initiative, so very soon before Hurricane Katrina? -Wetman 03:16, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Hello
That was edited by me.

Yes, DownsizeDC does have an initiative to repeal the Federal Flood Insurance.

No, it wasn't soon "before" Hurricane Katrina. The Federal Flood insurance was passed in the '70s, and has since then increased the likelihood of death by flooding. DownsizeDC put this on their website after Katrina, not before.

Before the Federal Flood insurance, contractors would rarely build on flood-prone land, because they knew that buyers would be unlikely to want it. However, since the passing of Federal Flood insurance, contractors no longer have that fear because people can get flood insurance directly from Uncle Sam. The government doesn't have nearly the same accountability that corporations have. So, people started buying these otherwise-unsafe houses.

Federal Flood Insurance should be repealed.

Allixpeeke

Downsizer Dispatch
Is this group responsible for the email I see in my junk mail folder labeled Downsizer Dispatch? Mathiastck 19:42, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


 * This organization is the organization that sends out the Downsizer Dispatch, yes. Why it's appearing in your junk-mail, I know not.  If you're using Yahoo, all you need to do is click the "not spam" button.  If you did not mean to sign up for the Downsizer Dispatch, then you can simply and easily unsubscribe by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email.
 * Allixpeeke 06:28, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Removed material
I removed the following from the article becasue Wikipedia is not a directory or an indiscriminate collector of information and because none of the material was based on a reliable source. In addition, Wikipedia articles are not supposed to consist primarily of bulleted lists.

DownsizeDC.org has supported

 * The Parental Consent Act of 2005, H.R. 181, February 1, 2005
 * The First Amendment Restoration Act, H.R. 689, H.R.46, February 15, 2005
 * The Online Freedom of Speech Act, H.R. 1605, H.R. 1606, S. 678, April 18, 2005
 * The Read The Bills Act of 2005, May 22, 2005
 * The Protection of Homes, Small Businesses, and Private Property Act of 2005, S. 1313, H.R.3083, H.R.3087, July 18, 2005, with the addition of an amendment written by DownsizeDC.org
 * A proposal to bring the National Guard home so that they can be used in cases of emergency, such as the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe, September 5, 2005
 * An initiative to end federal flood insurance, September 13, 2005
 * An initiative to get President Bush to use his powers of Veto & Rescission to cut runaway federal spending and pork, October 18, 2005
 * The Health Freedom Protection Act, H.R. 4282, February 28, 2006
 * The Sunshine in Monetary Policy Act, H.R. 4892, March 20, 2006
 * The Write the Laws Act
 * Repeal of the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002, H.R. 413, February 1, 2007
 * The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2007, H.R. 500, March 4, 2007

DownsizeDC.org has opposed:

 * The Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004, H.R. 3717, H.R. 554, and S. 2056
 * The REAL ID Act of 2005, H.R. 418 and H.R. 1268
 * Legislation conceptualized by Sen. Ted Stevens to censor cable television, May 9, 2005
 * The Defending America's Most Vulnerable: Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child Protection Act of 2005, H.R. 1528, May 31, 2005
 * The USAPATRIOT Act expansion proposed by the Senate Intelligence Committee, H.R. 3199, S. 1389, June 13, 2005
 * The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (also known as CAFTA), S. 1307, H.R. 3045, July 10, 2005
 * Bush's $200 billion plan for Gulf Coast reconstruction, September 19, 2005
 * Three bills (the Lobbying and Ethics Reform Act of 2005, S. 1398; the Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2005, S. 2128, H.R. 4575, H.R. 4667, H.R. 4975; and the Special Interest Lobbying and Ethics Accountability Act of 2005, H.R. 2412) designed to regulate grassroots lobbying organizations, January 22, 2006
 * The "misnamed" Let the People Decide Clean Campaign Act, H.R. 4694, a bill supposedly designed to maintain incumbency protection, March 7, 2006
 * Senator Bill Frist's combination of the Online Freedom of Speech Act (a bill DownsizeDC.org supports) with the Lobbying Reform Act (a bill designed to regulate grassroots citizen lobbying groups), March 12, 2006
 * The National Animal Identification System (NAIS), April 10, 2006
 * Military action against Iran, August 16, 2006
 * The Internet gambling prohibition in the SAFE Port Act, October 4, 2006
 * The Military Commissions Act, October 15, 2006

Archived sites
These pages were previously associated with Jim Babka or Downsize DC, but have since been archived.
 * ArmedandSecure.org
 * TruthAboutWar.org
 * RealCampaignReform.org
 * The Original Downsize DC site
 * American Liberty Foundation

Neutrality
Almost all of the information on this article comes directly from DownsizeDCs website. The article doesn't seem neutral at all, especially when calling legislation that grows government "bad". --Brandon (TehBrandon) (talk) 21:19, 2 May 2011 (UTC)


 * NPOV is the least of this article's problems. This is a vanity article of a non-notable organization (not one secondary sourse) created merely for publicity and should be deleted in its entirety. 70.131.144.130 (talk) 09:30, 18 July 2011 (UTC)