$300,000 of Pa. taxpayer dollars spent to support ALEC corporate lobbying organization

http://keystoneprogress.blogspot.com/2012/05/documents-reveal-taxpayer-dollars-spent.html

Excerpts:

"Documents reveal taxpayer dollars spent on controversial corporate lobbying group

Internal Senate and House records show hundreds of thousands of dollars spent on cheesecake lollipops; junkets to Orlando, Las Vegas, Monterrey; membership dues and direct support donated to the lobbying group, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

Pennsylvania taxpayers have spent at least a quarter of a million dollars to support the controversial corporate lobbying group ALEC, according to documents obtained this week by Keystone Progress.

Included in the spending was $3,000 for cheesecake lollipops, $3,600 for crabcakes made to order; junkets to Orlando, Las Vegas, Monterrey and other cities; dues for their legislators’ membership in ALEC; and at least $50,000 paid directly from the General Assembly to ALEC."

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ALEC is the force behind the VoterID law, the stand your ground law that was used to justify the killing of the young Black man in Florida, etc.