I just lost my most successful game since I downloaded last night. I had about 10 people in two squads, ~$20,000 (so a significant amount of cash), and had armed everyone with .45's. I didn't know what to do with myself, so I robbed the bank and got taken out by the cops on my way out.
What's a good project to tackle at that level? I had a printing press, a business front, a sleeper lawyer...
Let's see. 10 active Liberals of undefined profession, $20K, and .45 ACP handguns for all. One safehouse w/press & front. One sleeper lawyer.
Re sleepers: how many sleeper judges, Police Officers, and Prison Guards? 4-5 judges pretty much guarantees that one will catch any trials (and even one gives you the map of the courthouse); cops give you the layout of the PD and can warn of police raids; prison guards give the map of the prison, which is nontrivial when you're freeing lifers or death-row folks. Thoroughly infiltrating the justice system is an excellent next-step from the position you describe.
How about Corporate Managers and someone at the CEO house? I like to know precisely where I can find the Safes. It's worth recruiting Programmers--some of them work at the CorpHQ (good) or the IntHQ (great) and can be left as sleepers, and if they don't--now you've got someone to run the poll-monitoring, hack, or teach hacking as needed.
Got a Doctor or Nurse to teach First Aid? Having a qualified medic or 6 in your combat team can make the difference between a TPK and living to fight Evil another day.
Are your troops qualified to use those .45s? Consider recruiting an Army Veteran to help with the first few points. If you have a sneak-thief (and you should!) you can get much better weapons & armor whilst Liberally cleaning up the Military Base.
If you're willing to interrogate people, it's probably worth getting a Psychologist to do the job properly and help teach the rest of the LCS.
If the CCS is around, a good mid-term goal is to develop the capacity to find and fight them (not necessarily in that order). Getting good Hacker/Infiltrators to work toward hacking the CIA Supercomputer (which involves reaching the thing without setting off the alarm) is another good goal.
Hopefully that helps you. Best of luck, and Continue Liberally!