IMHO most ALEC-ers are liars - must be a prerequisite for membership.
So when I see an article like this - I have to stop and look for a moment.
By ROBERT T. GARRETT
Austin Bureau
rtgarrett@dallasnews.com
Published: 14 February 2013 11:34 PM
AUSTIN — Seven GOP lawmakers have
filed proposals to tighten the state’s spending cap and make it harder to raise
taxes, two goals of a free-market-oriented group that urges business leaders
and state legislators to collaborate on model bills for use in statehouses
around the country.
While some of the lawmakers attend
meetings of the American Legislative Exchange Council and many of the measures
track the council’s longstanding prescriptions, five of the seven lawmakers on
Thursday said the council didn’t influence their thinking.
Rep. Phil King, R-Weatherford, was
alone in saying the council did influence him. The seventh, Sen. Brian
Birdwell, R-Granbury, couldn’t be reached.
He is one of two lawmakers who have
proposed constitutional amendments to require a two-thirds supermajority in
both chambers before state taxes can be raised. The other, Rep. Bryan Hughes,
R-Mineola, said he’s not ashamed of the council, known as ALEC, though he
wasn’t swayed by it on the issue.
“I’m proud of them, I’m not trying to
distance myself from them, but I didn’t get this idea from them,” said Hughes, who
has served on two of the group’s national task forces.
This shows you how immoral these people are
The have no shame that they are destroying our democratic
republic – representation of, by, and for the people.
His (and others) dedication to the pro-business policies of the
American Legislative Exchange Council – environmental de-regulation, elimination
of citizens right for due process, along with privatization of government, and
needless and vicious attacks on people right to collectively bargain, is
shameful.
Not only should he be ashamed – he should be embarrassed and
he should ask the public for their forgiveness.
This is what happens when you allow your legislators to
attend ALEC meetings.
What they get from and what they give to ALEC corporate
profit sector members – becomes more important than the public they are elected
to serve.
They become narcissistic corporate servants - not public servants.
And that’s a damn shame!
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