And the way that Atlas and related organisations have placed themselves at the centre of debate is also unnervingly familiar. Monbiot says this about the funding of the Atlas aligned organisations:Which is eerily what is happening in New Zealand. From an article by David Williams in Newsroom:As president and chair of World Taxpayers Associations (an Atlas Network partner), [Taxpayer’s head Jordan Williams] gets some travel expenses paid. The Taxpayers’ Union has also won awards and travel scholarships from the Atlas Network, chaired by New Zealander Debbi Gibbs, daughter of the businessman Alan Gibbs, a long-time supporter of the Act party. “The prize money, and other Atlas funding, is small in terms of our overall budget.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 07, 2024 13:58 UTC