In this episode, Bill Moyers explains ALEC. Listen to some of the discussion on education at the 11:45 and 23:22 points. http://billmoyers.com/episode/united-states-of-alec-a-follow-up/...
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No comments Monthly Archives: May 2015
ALEC cashing in on kids with education bills
ALEC has a strong presence in Kansas and a strong anti-public education ideology. This article from 2013 connects the dots and shows several ALEC bills in Kansas that year. http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/07/12175/cashing-kids-139-alec-bills-2013-promote-private-profit-education-model...
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We haven’t done much posting on ALEC in a while, but here’s a story we did a post on last year when the ALEC convention was in Kansas City. “ALEC’s Tax and Fiscal Policy task force, headed by Altria/Phillip Morris’ Amanda Klum and New Hampshire State Rep. Ken Weyler, is...
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We’ve done many posts on ALEC, an organization that pairs corporate lobbyists with legislators behind closed doors. ALEC has a low-tax, anti-public-education ideology and many Kansas legislators are members, Sen. President Susan Wagle and House Speaker Ray Merrick are ALEC board members, and KPI’s Dave Trabert was a member of...
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