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Principia Discordia => Aneristic Illusions => Topic started by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 07, 2013, 05:56:00 PM

Title: So far, bad things ALEC has been heavily involved in:
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 07, 2013, 05:56:00 PM
Anti-immigration laws
"Tough on crime" mandatory minimum sentencing/three strikes laws
Zero tolerance in schools - the school-to-prison pipeline
Pushing for school privatization
Laws permitting schools to contract with security companies for enforcement of zero-tolerance laws
Laws prohibiting taking images of abuse inside slaughterhouses
"Food defamation" laws

What else ya got?


Title: Re: So far, bad things ALEC has been heavily involved in:
Post by: Anna Mae Bollocks on April 07, 2013, 06:03:14 PM
Prison Industrial Complex, i.e., slavery.
Title: Re: So far, bad things ALEC has been heavily involved in:
Post by: Roly Poly Oly-Garch on April 07, 2013, 06:19:17 PM
Tort "reform"
Voting suppression
Pushing climate change denial in schools.
Title: Re: So far, bad things ALEC has been heavily involved in:
Post by: deadfong on April 07, 2013, 07:30:26 PM
"Stand your ground" type laws.
Title: Re: So far, bad things ALEC has been heavily involved in:
Post by: ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞ on April 08, 2013, 02:33:50 AM
Quote from: stelz on April 07, 2013, 06:03:14 PM
Prison Industrial Complex, i.e., slavery.

To wit: changing laws so that prisoners can be rented out to corporations as laborers for way below minimum wage.
Title: Re: So far, bad things ALEC has been heavily involved in:
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 08, 2013, 07:43:53 AM
Legalized slavery.
Title: Re: So far, bad things ALEC has been heavily involved in:
Post by: Cain on April 13, 2013, 01:42:48 PM
https://wikispooks.com/wiki/ALEC#How_do_corporations_benefit.3F

QuoteAlthough ALEC claims to take an ideological stance (of supposedly "Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism, and individual liberty"), many of the model bills benefit the corporations whose agents write them, shape them, and/or vote to approve them. These are just a few such measures:

    Altria/Philip Morris USA benefits from ALEC's newest tobacco legislation -- an extremely narrow tax break for moist tobacco that would make fruit flavored tobacco products cheaper and more attractive to youngsters.
    Health insurance companies such as Humana and Golden Rule Insurance (United Healthcare), benefit directly from ALEC model bills, such as the Health Savings Account bill that just passed in Wisconsin.
    Tobacco firms such as Reynolds and pharmaceutical firms such as Bayer benefit directly from ALEC tort reform measures that make it harder for Americans to sue when injured by dangerous products.
    Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) benefits directly from the anti-immigrant legislation introduced in Arizona and other states that requires expanded incarceration and housing of immigrants, along with other bills from ALEC's crime task force.
    Connections Academy, a large online education corporation and co-chair of the Education Task Force, benefits from ALEC measures to privatize public education and promote private on-line schools.
Title: Re: So far, bad things ALEC has been heavily involved in:
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 13, 2013, 08:22:56 PM
Oh, ALEC!

How do we dismantle you?
Title: Re: So far, bad things ALEC has been heavily involved in:
Post by: Ben Shapiro on April 14, 2013, 12:09:07 AM
What about the bill that might require women to keep their rape babies as evidence for the court!
Title: Re: So far, bad things ALEC has been heavily involved in:
Post by: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on April 14, 2013, 12:16:35 AM
Quote from: /b/earman on April 14, 2013, 12:09:07 AM
What about the bill that might require women to keep their rape babies as evidence for the court!

I don't think that was ALEC-backed, although if you have evidence otherwise...