Proposal for Soft Timber Foundation					         Michael Pruess
	An Interest Group serving the interests of Mr. Matt Meyer

    SUMMARY
    	We, the Soft Timber Foundation (STF), wish to open business as an interest group that would work to realize the policy agenda of Mr. Matt Meyer. STF would like one year of Mr. Meyer's support before becoming financially independent.

    I.  INTRODUCTION
	STF would be an interest group dedicated to the preservation of the existing underwater timber removal business and the permanent establishment of larger tax cuts for the wealthy. As such, STF is anti-regulation. STF is also opposed to unions because cheap labor is important in the removal industry. 
	STF would be a 527 group, and would also form a PAC in order to influence the flow of current politics.
	STF represents the interests of Mr. Matt Meyer (free markets, war in the Middle East, deregulation, harsh immigration laws, anti-union tactics, low taxes) but realizes that not all of these goals can be accomplished by a single group. As such, STF will focus on the deregulation section of Mr. Meyer's agenda (preserving underwater timber removal), whilst supporting candidates for the Presidency/Congress whom are most likely to support a large variety of Mr. Meyer's goals.

    II.  PROBLEM STATEMENT
    	Currently, the underwater timber removal industry is endangered. Many left-wing environmentalists, concerned with the destruction of riverbed habitats, are lobbying for official legislation that would end underwater timber removal for good. The Democratic Congress is likely to listen to these lobbyists. STF would attempt to reverse this state of affairs by
		1) educating the public as to the actual effects of underwater timber removal,
		2) supporting the campaign Mr. Henry Clinnedy, the Republican de-regulation 		Presidential candidate, and
		3) supporting the a Republican upset in the upcoming congressional elections.
    	It has been shown that, with the presence of underwater timber removal, Loggers United faces competition, which is healthy for the market. In addition, with an increase in underwater timber removal (which will occur shortly after STF stymies the efforts of the radical environmentalists), the logging industry is estimated to increase its activity by a whopping 25%, leading to rapid reforestation in the Amazon. This, in turn, will result in Mr. Matt Meyer being able to build his beach side resort in Greenland approximately 3.6 years earlier than planned.
    	Should this problem go unaddressed, the underwater timber removal industry will disappear from this country. Mr. Meyer's investments will turn to nothing. Logging will diminish as competition fades away. In addition, Mrs. Henrietta Clinnedy, the incumbent green Democratic President, will ride on a wave of her puppet Congress's success, and will proceed to pass tax reform in her second term that will take this country a step closer to communism, while erasing the benefits that independently wealthy young men such as Mr. Matt Meyer currently enjoy.

    III.  OBJECTIVES
	STF will accomplish a number of objectives:
	1. STF will secure the future of the underwater timber removal industry.
	2. STF will support Mr. Clinnedy in an effort to have him elected President.
	3. STF will help realign Congress.
	4. STF will lobby for legislation protecting the future of environmental trespasses, and of our 	nation's privileged elite.
	5. STF will become financially independent within one year, and will go on to oversee the 	wellbeing of Mr. Matt Meyer's interests (most notably: underwater timber removal, tax cuts 	for the wealthy, deregulation) 

    IV.  METHODS 
	STF will commence by starting a website, softtimberfoundation.com, which will be plastered with swag offers, web standards conformity buttons, and the word "green." Then, linking to a YouTube video of a motorcyclist crashing into underwater timber on Facebook, STF will use viral marketing to get the word out. After it has raised a huge following amongst the younger, tech-savvy folks of the country, STF will appeal to PETA with a report on high-speed fish swimming downstream into trees, dying from the impact. PETA, in the interests of saving the fish, will give a huge amount of support to STF in order to protect underwater timber removal. STF will also use 10-year-old statistics to show that an increase of underwater timber removal will lead to a decrease in logging, which will be good for the environment—this way, we will hook the less informed environmentalists.
	Once we have a base, we will begin mobilizing voters, asking for membership donations, and so on. If possible, we will run television ads of nature scenery involving some kind of animal being injured by underwater timber, in order to appeal to the pathos of the nation. Act now to save the fish, America. Keep underwater timber removal alive.
    	Running ads, endorsing candidates, getting sponsors like PETA, and gathering a large member base will be our tasks. Ultimately, STF will succeed in establishing a more sensical government with Mr. Clinnedy at its head and a Republican Congress to back him up.
	STF's staff will be comprised of friends and family of Mr. Matt Meyer, including his younger brother Bob Meyer and his uncle, Rob Meyer.    

    V.  FUTURE FUNDING AND OTHER NECESSARY FUNDING
	After one (1) year is up, STF will be completely self-sufficient, subsisting on the aforementioned donations from organizations such as PETA. STF will no longer need Mr. Matt Meyer's aid, though he will of course be welcome to donate as a member of the organization. 

	(This proposal recorded by Bobby Meyer.)