I was at a meeting yesterday of people very engaged in the political process, and was horrified to realize many of them do not know what ALEC is. It has been called “Corporate America’s Trojan Horse.” The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) claims that legislators have introduced more than 3100 pieces of legislation based on their models. You haven’t heard of them because they are a front for hundreds of corporations. They disguise themselves in hundreds of ways to fool well meaning conservative voters into voting against their own interest. They use immigration, same sex marriage, and anything else they thing would trigger voter turn out, to turn out one trojan horse after another.
Of course, don’t believe any 
one source, but if you haven’t heard of ALEC, push the link below and begin your education today.
To visit alecwatch.org, click here.
Hi Jim, Made a very brief visit to http://www.alec.org/ and it doesn’t look too sinister to me. While I know little of their agenda beyond your comments and their website headlines, it doesn’t appear they are attempting to be stealthy. I have no idea whether-or-not I agree with their agenda, but I do support their right to promote that agenda via any legitimate means they elect.
I also visited alecwatch.org and my initial reaction was WOW. Another website cast in the mold of MSNBC & Fox news. Just what we need to help communications between folks who have different world views.
Love you friend.
Jim,
I hope you will keep researching. ALEC behind a lot of the anti-gay and anti-immigrant anti-labor, anti-choice legislation that seems to be coming from the grassroots. This isn’t just a group of conservative individuals with whom one might disagree, it is a front organization funneling huge amounts of corporate money to dismantle the public sector and to pump out misinformation on everything from global warming to health care. I’m not saying they don’t have a right to do it. I’m just saying what they are doing is dangerous to our democracy. Don’t take my word for it, but please keep researching.
Jim
Isn’t ALEC associated heavily with the Koch brothers and others of their ill?