We are off to see the BIG BIZ WIZES: The Wonderful World of A.L.E.C.

The Mackinac Center has announced the following Michigan A.L.E.C. Legislative members will be attending the Koch sponsored A.L.E.C. Annual Convention and shindig in New Orleans this coming week:

1. Senator Bruce Caswell-R Hillsdale
2. Rep. Kenneth Kurtz R-Coldwater.
3. Rep. Matthew Lori , R-Constantine

'WE are the People' asks: "Why would our legislators help global firms located outside of their district?

'WE are the People' further informs in their piece "The Truth About ALEC":

"ALEC's appeal rests largely on the fact that legislators receive an all-expenses-paid trip that provides many part-time legislators with vacations that they could not afford on their own, along with the opportunity to rub shoulders with wealthy captains of industry (major prospective out-of-state donors to their political cam­paigns). For a few hours of work on a task force and a couple of indoctrination sessions by ALEC experts, part-time legislators can bring the whole family to ALEC's annual convention, work for a few hours, then stay in swank hotels, attend cool par­ties - even strip clubs" and raise funds for the campaign coffer, all heavily subsidized by the corporate till. In 2009, ALEC spent $251,873 on child­care so mom and dad could have fun."

Questions to ask state legislators before the next session:

"Did you attend the August 2011 ALEC conference in New Orleans, and if so, what model legislation did you bring back?

What bills do you plan to introduce or co-sponsor this session?

Have any corporations weighed in on the drafting of this legislation or helped draft it, and if so, in what ways do they benefit?"

All across North America people in Canada, Mexico and the United States have become acutely aware that something very incidious and corrupting has been going on right under our noses. "Who us?" is the low key apology coming from official A.L.E.C.. It is their signature PR and propaganda defense to say, we have been hard at this kind of "corporatist favoring," plug-&-play" scheme making the "harmful" to your health, personal bottomlines, and environment look and appear to be "ordinary," "acceptable" and "just-plain-how-things are."

So don't become alarmed, we know best how to govern and so lay off and let us get on with our objectives. What a mistake that would be!!!

The Koch Brothers have given America a special chill. They wield more power and influence by the SCOPE of their business interests, including, petroleum, building products (Georgia Pacific) and even Angel Soft toilet tissue. With a reported combined net worth of over $40 Billion, that is BILLION WITH A "B." 

The Billionaire Brothers Koch have infiltrated many areas of radical right and the ideology of their pet project the "CATO Institute" is invasive and corrupting of good government. Just as OLD JOE KENNEDY SR. told a family friend, the thrill of mega-money is NOT the money, which is pleasant and facilitates just about anything, it's the POWER AND INFLUENCE that comes with money that is the highest addiction and obsession.


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