ALEC's "Institutional Corruption," From Backing Apartheid to Assault on Clean Energy, Public Sector
December 11, 2013
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as posted by the channelThe secretive American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has just ended a weeklong meeting in Washington where corporate lobbyists worked with state lawmakers on model bills that will later be introduced in states nationwide. ALEC has reportedly drafted a number of new bills designed to prevent President Obama from cutting emissions, and to weaken state policies promoting clean energy. Now conservative groups across the United States are apparently planning a coordinated effort in six states to raise money for attacks on public sector rights and services in the key areas of education, healthcare, income tax, and workers' compensation. The proposals were coordinated by the ALECbacked State Policy Network, an alliance of groups that act as incubators of conservative strategy at the state level. ALEC is struggling to reenlist donors after an exodus prompted by its backing of Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law. According to The Guardian, ALEC has lost nearly 400 state legislators from its network over the past two years and more than 60 major corporate donors. We discuss ALEC's latest efforts, along with its historic opposition to divestment campaigns from apartheid South Africa, with Lisa Graves of the Center for Media and Democracy.
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