Its comforting to know that not only are corporations now equivalent to citizens when it comes to campaign finance; but they are also physically writing legislation. Why lobby when you can just do it yourself?
ALEC Exposed
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How ALEC shapes state legislation
ALEC Exposed
I know that the articles are long so if you want a tl;dr version, download NPR's "fresh-air" podcast from 7/21
How ALEC shapes state legislation
"But once they're in, they sit at the same table," he says. "On the board of ALEC, you have an equal number of legislators and corporate members. ... They then set up task forces to deal with topics like health care, education, election law, and you have an equal number of legislators and corporate and/or interest groups [and] think tanks in each grouping. They have to agree on any model bill or model resolution."
What that means, Nichols says, is that corporations can veto proposals and ideas that aren't to their liking — and can also propose measures that are then written into model bills. Those model bills, he says, are often introduced in multiple places — creating consistent messages across the country.