Do you know who the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is?

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Do you know who the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is?

Founded in 1973, ALEC was the brainchild of paleocon Paul Weyrich, a leading "Movement conservative" and the head of the Free Congress Foundation (in 1973 Weyrich also co-founded the Heritage Foundation). It is the connective tissue that links state legislators with right-wing think tanks, leading anti-tax activists and corporate money. ALEC is a public-policy mill that churns out "model legislation" for the states that are unfailingly pro-business. The organization fights against civil rights laws, as well as consumer, labor and environmental initiatives.

A great primer to the organization can be found here:

http://www.alecwatch.org/11223344.pdf

It is quintessentialthat this organization is outed and becomes a household name in 2006.

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1. Fascists R Us was already taken?

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