tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750244306663708036.post475899382412552295..comments2024-03-17T09:45:51.141-07:00Comments on Pa Rock's Ramble: State Legislatures Flex Their MusclePa Rockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16747526882424245608noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8750244306663708036.post-91059631590380223122014-04-16T04:25:42.461-07:002014-04-16T04:25:42.461-07:00While these states are enacting "model" ...While these states are enacting "model" legislation, they do so not because of Citizens United and its progeny. <br /><br />The problem, dark money, is behind these "model" legislative agendas, but comes from a source called ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC is one of the bastard children of the Koch Brothers empire.<br /><br />At ALEC American Corporation buy access to the wheelers and dealers of the state legislatures. The prominent Republican Representatives and Senators often get a stipend for being a "state director" or otherwise get wined and dined on corporate sponsored junkets under the guise of ALEC. Campaign contributions, withing the legal limits for each state, frequently flow to these legislators from the ALEC corporate stooges. <br /><br />Most shockingly, the "state directors" take an oath placing the interests of ALEC ahead of the interests of their constituents. "State directors" are traitors.Xobekimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973381691719755451noreply@blogger.com