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SOURCE: http://respriv.org/privatizing-america-one-state-at-a-time/June 21, 2013
Former health care industry executive Wendell Potter says, Even though Id known of [ALEC] for a long time, I was astonished. Just about everything that I knew that the health insurance industry wanted out of any state lawmaker was included in that package of bills.
Following up on a 2012 report, this update includes new examples of corporate influence on state legislation and lawmakers, the growing public protest against ALECs big business-serving agenda, and internal tactics ALEC is instituting to further shroud its actions and intentions.
United States of ALEC Executive Producer Tom Casciato says people who saw the first report might be surprised to learn that, despite more than 40 companies having dropped out of ALEC, the organization is still going very strong. He adds, ALEC doesnt publish a list of its members, so covering will always be hard, but in a democracy its a good idea for people to know where their laws originate.
Please click here to watch this fascinating (follow-up) report about the danger of ALEC:
http://vimeo.com/68835449#
Catherina
(35,568 posts)marions ghost
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WillyT
(72,631 posts)cyclezealot
(4,802 posts)ErikJ
(6,335 posts)I've often thought about how especially freshmen legislators in Washington are sitting ducks for all those thousands of friendly corporate lobbyists knocking on their doors. Especially with promises of cash for their next election.
mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)This is the corporate state. Laws pushed by private prison industries to incarcerate more people. Laws pushed by private schools for "school choice" and voucher programs to drain funds from public schools. Laws pushed by private laboratories to drug test everyone. The list is endless.
The multinational corporations want more and more, as if everything isn't enough.
Triana
(22,666 posts)It is frightening - both the rampant ignorance about it and the extreme power & influence the corprats have.
undergroundpanther
(11,925 posts)Fascism is the state and corporation as one entity it IS scary.
And people must wake up must fight,must do what they can to STOP corporate power.
Eliminate corporations.
Uncle Joe
(58,417 posts)Thanks for the thread, Triana.