ALEC BIllionaires Thrown Out by MN Legislator. They thank ALEC Members for tax cuts

Run time: 03:38 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvpyHRN4RrQ   Posted on YouTube: July 22, 2011 By YouTube Member: WAMMMall Views on YouTube: 85   Posted on DU: July 24, 2011 By DU Member: annm4peace Views on DU: 5991

 
"Billionaires" thank Minnesota state legislators for pushing the ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) agenda - putting the needs of the wealthy and the corporations before those of the common folk. State Senator Dan Hall asks them to leave when he is questioned about ALEC. WAMM (Women Against Military Madness) are the activists talking with the legislators. The rally in the rotunda was organized by Take Action Minnesota



who are your state ALEC members? Maybe you have Billionaires that can thank them.

find a list of who has been exposed so far.
http://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed

what is ALEC ?
ALEC is not a lobby; it is not a front group. It is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, behind closed doors, corporations hand state legislators the changes to the law they desire that directly benefit their bottom line. Along with legislators, corporations have membership in ALEC. Corporations sit on all nine ALEC task forces and vote with legislators to approve “model” bills.

More than 98% of ALEC's revenues come from sources other than legislative dues, such as corporations, corporate trade groups, and corporate foundations. Each corporate member pays an annual fee of between $7,000 and $25,000 a year, and if a corporation participates in any of the nine task forces, additional fees apply, from $2,500 to $10,000 each year. ALEC also receives direct grants from corporations, such as $1.4 million from ExxonMobil from 1998-2009.




Through the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council, global corporations and state politicians vote behind closed doors to try to rewrite state laws that govern your rights. These so-called "model bills" reach into almost every area of American life and often directly benefit huge corporations. Through ALEC, corporations have "a VOICE and a VOTE" on specific changes to the law that are then proposed in your state. DO YOU?

see who is member in your state: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Politicians


here are the MN ones

Minnesota Legislators with ALEC Ties

House of Representatives

Rep. Paul Anderson (R - 13A)
Rep. King Banaian (R - 15B)
Rep. Mike Benson (R - 30B)
Rep. Matt Dean (R - 52B)
Rep. Steve Drazkowski (R - 28B) (For example see H.F.1598 which looks like ALEC's supermajority bill.)
Rep. Sondra Erickson (R - 16A)
Rep. Mary Kiffmeyer (R - 16B State Chair)<109>
Rep. Joyce Peppin (R - 32A)
Rep. Linda Runbeck (R - 53A)
Rep. Ron Shimanski (R - 18A)
Rep. Kurt Zellers (R - 32B)

Senate

Sen. Chris Gerlach (R - 37)
Sen. Warren Limmer (R -32) <110>
Sen. John Sterling Howe (R - 28)
Sen. Gen Olson (R - 33 former State Chair)<111>
Sen. Mike Parry (R - 26)

or if you even just call your state senator or reps if you think they might be ALEC

Thanks to those billionaires...they're an inspiration to me!!

Keep it up!!!

Or use your cell phone to tape them. Very interesting footage! Let's expose more members of ALEC!!!

that some of these "representatives" pay their ALEC dues with public money. Also, ALEC is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) corporation. If nothing's illegal about any of that, it should be.

it is democracy.. we have to take back our democracy.

what is really sad is the Senator Dan Hall is a Chaplain, so what did Jesus teach him? to give tax breaks to the rich and throw the poor on the street? Maybe we should ask is congregation.





:eyes:

tells the state politicians what to do. How efficient!

Leona Helmsley would be so proud!

Also in this video, he also claims to have a 6th grade reading level - which explains so much

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qy22RecEf0

I have the sad misfortune of living in his district - though my side of the district (Bloomington) did vote for the DFL incumbant - it was the voters in Burnsville who stuck us with this ass.

During the state budget debates I attended one "town hall" that he and some other Republicans had set up. When it became clear that word of the meeting had leaked out and there appeard to be more DFL types at it, they all refused to answer any but written questions and, of course, that deck was stacked. I went to another meeting a couple weeks ago that he didn't show up at & he never returned any of my phone calls asking him about his position on the budget (and the first 5 or 6 were polite, then I began to get progressively snider). I'm not aware of anyone who got a response from him.

The jerk is a "self ordained" minister and, of course claims to be a close personal friend of Jesus. While voting to cut programs for the most vulnerable Minnesotans, he had no problem turning in requests for the maximum per diem (in addition to salary) that a state senator can get - including asking for Good Friday & Easter Sunday - days when the legislature was not in session. This guy lives a 20 minute drive from the capital - it's not like he's coming down from Thief River Falls and needs to pay for lodging and all his meals while in session.

What is his religious affiliation ?
Does he conduct services ?
How ,and who 'ordained' appointed him chaplain ?
Sorry for 20 ? but I'm curious. His income tax returns could be interesting.
Looks like a smarmy SOB.


:puke:

As far as I know, he is not a member of any mainstream denomination. I'm not sure how he managed to get appointed chaplin or if that's something else he did himself. I'm sure his tax returns would be interesting. Recently someone mention that, I believe on the disclosure forms filed with the Secretary of State his income source was "donations". I may have to see if those are on line, but I don't have time right now.

didn't know all this info

:wow:

Use this footage for his re-election campaign.....

state representatives that have ties to ALEC, they are almost all republicans. This is true in my state of Ohio. One of the assholes is the chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.

Is there any doubt in anyone's mind that republicans are out to destroy this country? Their goal is to turn over everything including our government over to corporations.

It's time for a revolution...