#Begich2014 : Blodget: @FaceBook Founder Mark Zuckerberg's Political Group Is Trashing Obama And Obamacare And Promoting Wildlife Oil Drilling

http://www.fwd.us/about_us

Henry Blodget | Apr. 27, 2013, 8:10 AM

If you want to get a feel for how American politics really works, as opposed to the way they tell you it works, look no further than what's going on behind the scenes at the new political action group started by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and dozens of other Silicon Valley tech leaders.

This organization, FWD.us, describes itself as a nonpartisan entity dedicated to promoting immigration reform, education reform, and the "knowledge" economy.

The knowledge economy, Mark Zuckerberg explained in a recent Washington Post editorial, is based on education and technology and is distinct from the old economy, which was based on natural resources (oil, gas, etc.)

FWD.us is supported by a who's who of Silicon Valley elite, including.... http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-political-group-promotes-oil-and-gas-2013-4