No Brainer Legislation & No Brain Legislators who slavishly deliver for the Corporatocracy (via ALEC) inside Michigan’s Legislature

Meet the BIG BOYS (National & International Corporatists) who write legisative bills and offer them no-brainer - Plug & Play - (introduced by ALEC members) directly into our state's lawsmaking process. (SEE an eclectic list of ALEC corporate members, drawn from over 300 Corporations in its membership):

American Express Company, American Stores-Jewel/OSCO, Amoco Corp, Amway Corp., AT&T, Bank of America, Bayer Corp., Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, Boeing Corporation, Cargill, Inc., Caterpillar, Inc., BP America, Inc., Chevron Corporation, Chrysler Corporation, Corrections Corporation of America, Coca-Cola Company, Coors Brewing Company, DuPont, ExxonMobil Corporation, FedEx, General Motors Corporation, GTE Corporation (Verizon), Johnson and Johnson, Joseph E. Seagram & Sons Inc., Koch Industries, Kraft Food, Inc., McDonalds Corporation, Microsoft Corporation, Miller Brewing Company, Motorola, Inc, Parke-Davis, Peabody Energy (coal), Phillips Petroleum Company, Pfizer Inc, Pharmacia & Upjohn, Sara Lee Corporation, Shell Oil Company, Sprint, State Farm Insurance Co., Texaco Inc., Union Pacific Corporation, United Airlines , United Parcel Service, UST Public Affairs Inc. (now United States Smokeless Tobacco Company), Wackenhut Corrections (now G4S), Wal-Mart Stores, Washington Times, Wausau Insurance Companies, Wendy's International Inc. ( the Wendy's/Arby's Group).

These are the folks who cook your fast-food hamburgers, insure your assets, invest your savings, deliver your packages, explore and refine your gas and oil, ship your goods by rail, ask you to recruit your neighbors in a MLM scheme, privately house your criminals, handle your calls and deliver your cable media, produce your drugs, and operate your community crushing discount giants. The American Legislative Exchange Council - A.L.E.C.'s big money, big influence is all over your life like super glue.

Don't you love the fact that these mega corporations have a special, direct and effective inside track to pre-packaged legislation directly into law, bills that favor them and exclude you and community?

What happened to a citizen legislature? What happened to your right to voice your opinion and effect change in law and regulations? It's all a far, far second to the power of Amway, Walmart, BP, Coca Cola, or Koch Brothers Industry who have a club with your state legislator as a "wine and dine" fellow member.

What you didn't know about A.L.E.C.'s simple disclaimer-for forty years its just been business as usual-corporate business as usual has accumulatively hurt you.

Now, A.L.E.C.'s post-election 2010 national blitz includes anti-public schools and anti-union, anti-poor legislation. A rugged agenda has come to a critical and direct confrontation with all you hold dear. You are no longer your own, you've been bought and sold for a price. How does it feel to be Kocholded?

MICHIGAN State Legislators--"Known ALEC Members Past & Present":

1. Justin Amash (ALEC Civil Justice Task Force) Now US Representative-Michigan
2. Patty Birkholz Appointed by Gov Snyder "Director of Great Lakes"
3. Bill Bullard, Jr.
4. Fulton Sheen
5. Mat. J. Dunaskiss (1996 ALEC Legislator of the Year Award)
6. Joanne Emmons
7. Beverly S. Hammerstrom
8. Dave Hildenbrand
9. Phillip E. Hoffman (ALEC Board of Directors; 1999-2000 ALEC Secretary; Treasurer 2000-2001; "1992 ALEC Outstanding Legislative Member Award")
10. Rick V.Johnson
11. Wayne Kuipers (has used ALEC models to benefit target corporations)
12. Mike Kowall
13. Tom McMillin (Active Introducing ALEC Legislation)
14. Mary Ann Middaugh (ALEC State Chairmen for Michigan 2004)
15. Margaret O'Connor (Wrote a number of reports for ALEC)
16. David Palsrock (ALEC State Chairmen for Michigan)
17. Bruce Patterson
18. Tom Pearce (ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force)
19. Randy Richardville (Current GOP Senate Majority Leader)
20. Tonya Schuitmaker (ALEC State Chairmen for Mich 2009-10)
21. John Schwartz
22. Susan L. Tabor
23. Jason E. Allen
24. David Camp
25. Craig M DeRoche
26. Beverly S. Hammerstrom
27. Rick V.Johnson
28. Jerry O. Kooiman
29. Mike Kowall
30. Aric Nesbitt
31. Tom Pearce
32. Ken Sikkema
33. Christopher C. Ward

MICHIGAN US Congress/Judges--"Known ALEC Members Past & Present":

1. Justin Amash
2. Judge Richard A. Bandstra (Named ALEC Legislator of Year for work on Civil Justice Task Force)
3. Dave Camp (ALEC Agriculture Task Force)
4. Mike Rogers
5. Nick H. Smith (ALEC Agriculture Task Force)
6. Tim Walberg

MICHIGAN FORMER LAW MAKERS/VIP's/MEGA DONORS-- "Known ALEC Members Past/Present":

1. John Engler (Governor) Member of ALEC since 1973 when it was founded. 1993 Received the ALEC "Thomas Jefferson Award"
2. Dick Postumus (Rick Snyder's Lt. Governor) ALEC Member since 1991. Now Appointed "Special Legislative Advisor" to Governor Rick Snyder.
3. Andrew Card ALEC Member; White House Chief of Staff to President GW Bush, US Secretary of Transportation for President G.H. Bush, Reagan Administration: Special Asst to President for Internal Affairs and Deputy Assistant to President & Director of INTERGOVERNMENTAL Affairs. Member of Massachusetts House of Representative (District 7 & 8) 1975-1983; From 1993-1998 Card was President and CEO of American Automobile Maufacturers Association. In 1999 he was General Motors Vice President of Government Relations.
4. Richard M. DeVos Sr.: ALEC Member; 1993 Received ALEC "Adam Smith Free Enterprise Award"; Co-Founder of Amway; Owner of Orlando Magic; 2011 Forbes Magazine listed DeVos as 79th Wealthiest American and 257th Wealthiest in the World; Member/Past President of "Council for National Policy", Board of Trustee Member for Northwood University and the National Constitution Center, Member Heritage Foundation. DeVos is considered a "mega-donor" to Republican Party Candidates
5. Jay Van Andel (deceased) ALEC Member; 1993 Received ALEC "Adam Smith Free Enterprise Award"; Co-Founder of Amway. Member of Heritage Foundation, Board of Trustee for Hillsdale College, Director of Gerald R. Ford Foundation; Van Andel was a mega-donor to the Republican Party. 2004 he donated $475,000 to Michigan Republican Party and $2Million for the re-election of President G.W. Bush.....

 There are many more....

List Sources: Democracy Watchdog Action Network and PFAW Reports


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