Scott Walker - Wisconsin Tort Reform

Walker Enacts ALEC's Super Majority Act - New Name Wisconsin Act 9

Bloggers - ALEC is Watching You - Be Careful!

Koch - Has Sock Puppets on the Web - Scrubbing the Web

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Michigan's Citizens Research Council Needs Further Research

ALEC Related PAC's-Who Gets Their $$$- Ryan (WI)

ALEC Related PAC's-Who Gets Their $$$- Tiberi (OH)

ALEC Related PAC's-Who Gets Their $$$- Rogers (MI)

ALEC Related PAC's-Who Gets Their $$$-McMorris (R-WA)

American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) - Most everything you need to know.

ALEC "Report Card on Schools" Flawed - Pushes Privatization

Koch’s PAC Been Busy in Iowa

Brownback's a Koch Boy

Workplace Hiring - Age Discrimination is Nasty.and Prevalent

ALEC Wage Goal: Abolish Unions and then the Minimum Wage

ALEC Related PAC's-Who Gets Their $$$-UTAH

ALEC Related PAC's and John Kline (R-MN)

ALEC Related PAC's-Who Gets Their $$$-Part III

Rick Snyder on Transparency and Accountalibilty

Taxing the Rich - Creates More Poor

ALEC Legislation - Under consideration right now

Notes ALEC 37^th Annual Meeting

DIRECT QUOTE

ALEC Task Forces also met and worked to approve new model bills and resolutions, summaries of which are presented on the following pages.

Constitutional Convention Amendment

This resolution urges the Congress of the United States to call a Constitutional Convention pursuant to Article V of the U.S. Constitution to propose a constitutional amendment permitting repeal of any federal law or regulation by a vote of two-thirds of the state legislatures. The delegates to such a convention should be selected according to procedures established by the legislatures of several states.  (Source:  Inside ALEC | September/October 2010)

END OF DIRECT QUOTE

This ALEC created legislation is under consideration at multiple State legislatures – here are a few that I found.

          Under consideration in Utah Legislature – HJR 2

          Passed the Viriginia Assembly as House Joint Resolution 542

          Under consideration in Utah

          South Carolina Assembly Bill 3507

Don't you see how inherently wrong this is?
This is WRONG!
This is NOT democracy!

As citizens we should not be paying legislators to participate in ALEC “educational” sessions with Coors, Koch, AT&T , Wal-Mart and other private sector companies, sitting around the table drafting, deliberating and approving model legislation for our states and our country -  “model legislation” such as the “Supermajority Act Act”.

Over 2,000 members of State Legislators belong to ALEC. 

84 members of the US House and Senate are “Alumni” of ALEC.

Please request the elimination of any and all state and federal funding for state or federal legislators to belong to ALEC, to attend ALEC events and to buy products or publications sold by ALEC.

Founded in 1973, ALEC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that promotes free-market principles through “model legislation,” developed by its public- and private-sector members in eight Task Forces:  (Source:   ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index - 2009 American Legislative Exchange Council)

ALEC Legislation - 2/3rds Majority for Tax Increases - Real Deal

Ever wonder where the legislation in your state came from

requiring a 2/3 majority to raise taxes?

It came from ALEC.

It is ALEC “model legislation” -  This is what happens when our legislators are sitting at the table with private sector companies – writing “model legislation” on taxation.

Source:   ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index - 2009 American Legislative Exchange Council

QUOTE

Supermajority Act: An ALEC Model Summary

Supermajority requirements are based on the premise that tax increases fuel excessive government spending. Therefore, to more effectively control the budgetary process, the ability to raise taxes or enact new taxes should be made as politically difficult as possible, require broad consensus, and be held to a high standard of accountability. This Act calls for a constitutional provision requiring all tax and license fee impositions and increases to be approved by two-thirds of all members of each House. It provides for an exemption if there are insufficient revenues to pay interest on the state’s debt.

Model Legislation

“An Act concurring in a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State relating to the imposition of taxes or license fees.”

WHEREAS, an amendment to the Constitution of the State was proposed in the (session number) Legislature, being Chapter (number), Volume (number), as follows: This Act may be cited as an amendment to the State Constitution relating to the imposition of taxes or license fees.

This Act may be cited as an amendment to the State Constitution relating to the imposition of taxes or license fees. Be it enacted by the Legislature (two-thirds of all members elected to each House thereof concurring therein):

Section 1. Amend Article (number) of the Constitution of the state by adding a new Section thereto

as follows:

END OF DIRECT QUOTE

Source:   ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index - 2009 American Legislative Exchange Council

What can I say???

This is what happens when our legislators are sitting at the table with private sector companies – writing “model legislation” on taxation.

It speaks for itself.

I’d love to see all of the “ALEC Model Legislation” on taxation, and read them in their entirety…

–   but ALEC’s “Model Legislation” is not available for public review or comment.

–   Their “model legislation” in it’s entirety is on the password protected “members only” webpage.

Don't you see how inherently wrong this is?
This is WRONG!
This is NOT democracy!

As citizens we should not be paying legislators to participate in ALEC “educational” sessions with Coors, Koch, AT&T , Wal-Mart and other private sector companies, sitting around the table drafting, deliberating and approving model legislation for our states and our country -  “model legislation” such as the “Supermajority Act Act”.

Over 2,000 members of State Legislators belong to ALEC.  84 members of the US House and Senate are “Alumni” of ALEC.

Please request the elimination of any and all state and federal funding for state or federal legislators to belong to ALEC, to attend ALEC events and to buy products or publications sold by ALEC.

Founded in 1973, ALEC is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that promotes free-market principles through “model legislation,” developed by its public- and private-sector members in eight Task Forces:  (Source:   ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index - 2009 American Legislative Exchange Council)

States to Corporations - “We are open for business.”

“We are open for business.”

Who has said this exact phrase in the past couple of months?

Scott Walker – WI

Rick Snyder – MI

Rick Scott - FL

Bobby Jindal – LA

Butch Otter – ID

John Kasich – OH

Mary Fallin – OK

Chris Gregoire - WA

Daniel Malloy - CT

Susan Martinez – NM

Jan Brewer – AZ

Sean Parnell – AK

Joe Manchin – WV

Mike Beebe – AR

Rick Perry – TX

this exact phrase

“We are open for business.”

What the hell?

My opinion - they mean it literally

How many of these same governors have said,

“We’re broke” to the people

And then

“We are open for business.” to corporations.

A sign at Wisconsin's rally yesterday.
Wisconsin - Open for Business.
Closed to Democracy

ALEC's Job Creation Act - Open the Yellow Pages.

ALEC’s Article  “Ideas to Create Jobs In States”

Inside ALEC | March 2010

DIRECT QUOTE  (p.18)

Presented here are some examples of ALEC model legislation, which can make your state more business-friendly and lead to job creation.

DIRECT QUOTE  (p.19)

Council on Efficient Government Act

This legislation, which is modeled after Governor Jeb Bush’s efforts in Florida, would create a council to outsource current government functions to the private sector. With the President’s stimulus bill, and increases in federal spending, we have seen a large increase in the number of government jobs.

Unfortunately, the private sector has lost millions of jobs since this recession began.  This act would help create private sector jobs and save taxpayers money. This legislation is nothing more then a simple yellow book test, which means if there are businesses in the yellow book that perform a job—the government doesn’t need to compete with them.

END DIRECT QUOTES

What can I say???

This is what happens when our legislators are sitting at the table with private sector companies – writing “model legislation” about job creation.

It speaks for itself.

I’d love to see all of the “ALEC Model Legislation” for job creation, and read them in their entirety…

–         but ALEC’s “Model Legislation” is not available for public review or comment.

–         Their “model legislation” in it’s entirety is on the password protected “members only” webpage.

Don't you see how inherently wrong this is?

Over 2,000 members of State Legislators belong to ALEC.  84 members of the US House and Senate are “Alumni” of ALEC.

Please request the elimination of any and all state and federal funding for state or federal legislators to belong to ALEC, to attend ALEC events and to buy products or publications sold by ALEC.

ALEC Related PAC's - Who Gets Their $$$ - Part II

(This is entry #2 of a series of unknown number – I’ll keep going until I’m done)

From the ALEC webpage here is the current Private Sector Board

ü        Mr. W. Preston Baldwin, Centerpoint360 (2011 Chairman)

Private Enterprise Board Members (as of December 1, 2010)

1.       Ms. Sano Blocker, Energy Future Holdings

2.       Mr. Don Bohn, Johnson & Johnson

3.       Mr. Jeff Bond, PhRMA

4.       Mr. Bill Carmichael, American Bail Coalition

5.       Mr. Derek Crawford, Kraft Foods, Inc.

6.       Mr. John Del Giorno, GlaxoSmithKline

7.       Mr. Matt Echols, Coca-Cola Company

8.       Mr. Jim Epperson, Jr., AT&T Services, Inc.

9.       Mr. Michael Hubert, Pfizer Inc

10.    Ms. Teresa Jennings, Reed Elsevier, Inc.

11.    Mr. Ken Lane, DIAGEO

12.    Mr. Kelly Mader, Peabody Energy

13.    Mr. Bernie McKay, Intuit, Inc.

14.    Mr. Mike Morgan, Koch Industries, Inc.

15.    Mr. Kevin Murphy, ExxonMobil Corp.

16.    Mrs. Sandra Oliver, Bayer Corporation

17.    Mr. David Powers, Reynolds American Inc.

18.    Ms. Maggie Sans, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

19.    Mr. Russell Smoldon, Salt River Project

20.    Mr. Toby Spangler, Altria Client Services, Inc.

21.    Mr. Roland Spies, State Farm Insurance Co.

22.    Mr. Pat Thomas, United Parcel Service

23.    Mr. Jerry Watson, Chairman Emeritus

Due to time constraints - I put parameters on this project.  (I can get a little OCD sometimes, so I had to stop at six companies, rather than pulling all 24 – not enough?  Too bad!  Just picking those 6 ALEC Private Sector Board Member’s companies resulted in a spreadsheet with 2,764 lines of donations.)

“Political Action Committee (PAC) — A popular term for a political committee organized for the purpose of raising and spending money to elect and defeat candidates. Most PACs represent business, labor or ideological interests. PACs can give $5,000 to a candidate committee per election (primary, general or special).”  (Source)

http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacfaq.php 

I went to  www.congress.org  and pulled the PAC’s for each of the companies highlighted in red – shown above.  I pulled donations to candidates of more than $4,999, for the three election cycles of 2005 – 2010.

Below you will find the top ten winners in PAC money received from ALEC Private Sector Board Member Companies.

And – your US Legislative winners for the letter C are:

(Your list of US Legislative winners for Letters A&B is here)

				Grand Total
NAME	Amount	Election Cycle	PAC	ALEC Board
Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA)	$5,000	2007-2008	AT&T
Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA)	$7,000	2007-2008	Bayer
Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA)	$15,000	2007-2008	Koch
Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA)	$11,000	2007-2008	Pfizer
Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA)	$9,000	2007-2008	UPS
Chambliss, Saxby (R-GA)	$15,000	2007-2008	Wal-Mart	$62,000

(Getting too close to a possible top position – President – Vice President)

(He didn’t get any attributable PAC money in 2009-2010.  They think they can fool the world – literally.)

								Grand Total
NAME		Amount		Election Cycle		PAC		ALEC Board
Cole, Tom (R-OK)	$9,500		2005-2006		AT&T
Cole, Tom (R-OK)	$10,000		2005-2006		Koch
Cole, Tom (R-OK)	$14,000		2005-2006		UPS
Cole, Tom (R-OK)	$10,000		2007-2008		AT&T
Cole, Tom (R-OK)	$10,000		2007-2008		Koch
Cole, Tom (R-OK)	$9,500		2007-2008		UPS
Cole, Tom (R-OK)	$10,000		2009-2010		AT&T
Cole, Tom (R-OK)	$5,000		2009-2010		UPS		$78,000

Is this guy REALLY a Democrat??				Grand Total
NAME	Amount	Election Cycle	PAC	ALEC Board
Cuellar, Henry (D-TX)	$7,500	2005-2006	AT&T
Cuellar, Henry (D-TX)	$17,500	2005-2006	Koch
Cuellar, Henry (D-TX)	$10,000	2005-2006	Wal-Mart
Cuellar, Henry (D-TX)	$10,000	2007-2008	AT&T
Cuellar, Henry (D-TX)	$8,500	2007-2008	Koch
Cuellar, Henry (D-TX)	$10,000	2007-2008	Wal-Mart
Cuellar, Henry (D-TX)	$6,000	2009-2010	AT&T
Cuellar, Henry (D-TX)	$10,000	2009-2010	Wal-Mart	$79,500

Is this guy REALLY a Democrat??					Grand Total
NAME	Amount	Election Cycle	PAC		ALEC Board
Clyburn, James (D-SC)	$7,500	2005-2006	AT&T
Clyburn, James (D-SC)	$10,000	2005-2006	Pfizer
Clyburn, James (D-SC)	$10,000	2005-2006	UPS
Clyburn, James (D-SC)	$5,500	2005-2006	Wal-Mart
Clyburn, James (D-SC)	$9,000	2007-2008	AT&T
Clyburn, James (D-SC)	$5,014	2007-2008	Pfizer
Clyburn, James (D-SC)	$8,000	2007-2008	UPS
Clyburn, James (D-SC)	$6,000	2007-2008	Wal-Mart
Clyburn, James (D-SC)	$7,000	2009-2010	AT&T
Clyburn, James (D-SC)	$8,000	2009-2010	Pfizer
Clyburn, James (D-SC)	$9,000	2009-2010	UPS	$85,014

								Grand Total
NAME		Amount	Election Cycle		PAC			ALEC Board
Conaway, K. Michael (R-TX)	$8,000			2005-2006		AT&T
Conaway, K. Michael (R-TX)	$5,000			2005-2006		Koch
Conaway, K. Michael (R-TX)	$10,000			2007-2008		AT&T
Conaway, K. Michael (R-TX)	$7,500			2007-2008		Koch
Conaway, K. Michael (R-TX)	$10,000			2009-2010		AT&T
Conaway, K. Michael (R-TX)	$6,000			2009-2010		Koch
Conaway, Mike (R-TX)	$8,000			2005-2006		AT&T
Conaway, Mike (R-TX)	$5,000			2005-2006		Koch
Conaway, Mike (R-TX)	$10,000			2007-2008		AT&T
Conaway, Mike (R-TX)	$7,500			2007-2008		Koch
Conaway, Mike (R-TX)	$10,000			2009-2010		AT&T
Conaway, Mike (R-TX)	$6,000			2009-2010		Koch	$93,000

Is this guy REALLY a Democrat??							Grand Total
NAME		Amount	Election Cycle		PAC		ALEC Board
Clay, William (D-MO)	$7,000			2005-2006	AT&T
Clay, William (D-MO)	$9,000			2007-2008	AT&T
Clay, William (D-MO)	$6,500			2007-2008	Pfizer
Clay, William (D-MO)	$10,000			2009-2010	AT&T
Clay, William Lacy (D-MO)	$7,000			2005-2006	AT&T
Clay, William Lacy (D-MO)	$9,000			2007-2008	AT&T
Clay, William Lacy (D-MO)	$6,500			2007-2008	Pfizer
Clay, William Lacy (D-MO)	$10,000			2009-2010	AT&T
Clay, Wm. Lacy (D-MO)	$7,000			2005-2006	AT&T
Clay, Wm. Lacy (D-MO)	$9,000			2007-2008	AT&T
Clay, Wm. Lacy (D-MO)	$6,500			2007-2008	Pfizer
Clay, Wm. Lacy (D-MO)	$10,000			2009-2010	AT&T	$97,500

				Grand Total
NAME	Amount	Election Cycle	PAC	ALEC Board
Camp, Dave (R-MI)	$9,000	2005-2006	AT&T
Camp, Dave (R-MI)	$5,000	2005-2006	Koch
Camp, Dave (R-MI)	$5,000	2005-2006	Pfizer
Camp, Dave (R-MI)	$8,000	2005-2006	UPS
Camp, Dave (R-MI)	$10,000	2007-2008	AT&T
Camp, Dave (R-MI)	$10,000	2007-2008	Koch
Camp, Dave (R-MI)	$7,500	2007-2008	Pfizer
Camp, Dave (R-MI)	$10,000	2007-2008	UPS
Camp, Dave (R-MI)	$9,000	2009-2010	AT&T
Camp, Dave (R-MI)	$5,000	2009-2010	Koch
Camp, Dave (R-MI)	$7,000	2009-2010	Pfizer
Camp, Dave (R-MI)	$10,000	2009-2010	UPS
Camp, Dave (R-MI)	$10,000	2009-2010	Wal-Mart	$105,500

					Grand Total
NAME	Amount	Election Cycle	PAC		ALEC Board
Cannon, Chris (R-UT)	$5,000	2005-2006	Koch
Cannon, Chris (R-UT)	$5,000	2005-2006	Pfizer
Cannon, Chris (R-UT)	$5,000	2005-2006	UPS
Cannon, Chris (R-UT)	$10,000	2005-2006	Wal-Mart
Cannon, Chris (R-UT)	$15,000	2007-2008	AT&T
Cannon, Chris (R-UT)	$5,000	2007-2008	Koch
Cannon, Chris (R-UT)	$5,500	2007-2008	UPS
Cannon, Chris (R-UT)	$10,000	2007-2008	Wal-Mart
Cannon, Christopher (R-UT)	$5,000	2005-2006	Koch
Cannon, Christopher (R-UT)	$5,000	2005-2006	Pfizer
Cannon, Christopher (R-UT)	$5,000	2005-2006	UPS
Cannon, Christopher (R-UT)	$10,000	2005-2006	Wal-Mart
Cannon, Christopher (R-UT)	$15,000	2007-2008	AT&T
Cannon, Christopher (R-UT)	$5,000	2007-2008	Koch
Cannon, Christopher (R-UT)	$5,500	2007-2008	UPS
Cannon, Christopher (R-UT)	$10,000	2007-2008	Wal-Mart	$121,000

						Grand Total
NAME		Amount	Election Cycle	PAC		ALEC Board
Capito, Shelley (R-WV)	$5,000		2005-2006	Pfizer
Capito, Shelley (R-WV)	$9,000		2005-2006	UPS
Capito, Shelley (R-WV)	$7,000		2005-2006	Wal-Mart
Capito, Shelley (R-WV)	$7,500		2007-2008	Koch
Capito, Shelley (R-WV)	$11,000		2007-2008	UPS
Capito, Shelley (R-WV)	$5,500		2007-2008	Wal-Mart
Capito, Shelley (R-WV)	$5,000		2009-2010	AT&T
Capito, Shelley (R-WV)	$6,000		2009-2010	Bayer
Capito, Shelley (R-WV)	$6,000		2009-2010	Koch
Capito, Shelley (R-WV)	$7,500		2009-2010	UPS
Capito, Shelley Moore (R-WV)	$5,000		2005-2006	Pfizer
Capito, Shelley Moore (R-WV)	$9,000		2005-2006	UPS
Capito, Shelley Moore (R-WV)	$7,000		2005-2006	Wal-Mart
Capito, Shelley Moore (R-WV)	$7,500		2007-2008	Koch
Capito, Shelley Moore (R-WV)	$11,000		2007-2008	UPS
Capito, Shelley Moore (R-WV)	$5,500		2007-2008	Wal-Mart
Capito, Shelley Moore (R-WV)	$5,000		2009-2010	AT&T
Capito, Shelley Moore (R-WV)	$6,000		2009-2010	Bayer
Capito, Shelley Moore (R-WV)	$6,000		2009-2010	Koch
Capito, Shelley Moore (R-WV)	$7,500		2009-2010	UPS	$139,000

				Grand Total
NAME	Amount	Election Cycle	PAC	ALEC Board
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)	$10,500	2005-2006	AT&T
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)	$8,000	2005-2006	Koch
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)	$10,000	2005-2006	Pfizer
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)	$5,000	2005-2006	UPS
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)	$10,000	2005-2006	Wal-Mart
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)	$10,000	2007-2008	AT&T
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)	$9,075	2007-2008	Koch
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)	$10,000	2007-2008	Pfizer
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)	$14,800	2007-2008	UPS
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)	$8,000	2007-2008	Wal-Mart
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)	$10,000	2009-2010	AT&T
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)	$7,000	2009-2010	Bayer
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)	$10,000	2009-2010	Koch
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)	$10,000	2009-2010	Pfizer
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)	$10,000	2009-2010	UPS
Cantor, Eric (R-VA)	$5,000	2009-2010	Wal-Mart	$147,375

(Like I said in two earlier entries – VA bend over and take the position – ALEC owns your ass.)

84 members of the US House and Senate are “Alumni” of ALEC.

Over 2,000 members of State Legislators belong to ALEC. 

Please request the elimination of any and all state and federal funding for state or federal legislators to belong to ALEC, to attend ALEC events and to buy products or publications sold by ALEC.