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ALEC Normalizes Corruption In Statehouses Across the Land

By Paul Rosenberg
Random Lengths News | June 1, 2012
For almost four decades, the American Legislative Exchange Council, known by its acronym, “ALEC,” has worked hard on behalf of corporate America and right wing causes, helping to draft, build support for and pass laws through state legislatures across the nation—and doing so in relative anonymity, even as it skirts numerous state laws limiting corporate gift-giving and other forms of influence-peddling. It was never really clear why ALEC’s existence stayed such a secret, particularly since it wasn’t a secret. It’s just that, somehow, people seemed to ignore it, even though it wielded staggering amounts of power in legally questionable ways.
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Tags: National Rifle Association, ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Nick Surgey, William Cronon

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