Brooke Jarvis - What to Make of the ALEC Exodus
April 16, 2012 Yesterday, the candy company Mars, Inc. and the Arizona Public Service Company (Arizona’s largest electric utility) became the latest in a group of high-profile companies to part ways with the American Legislative Exchange Council. They join Kraft, Wendy’s, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Intuit, and the Gates Foundation.
ALEC, as the group is better known, describesitself as “a constructive forum for state legislators and private sector leaders to discuss and exchange practical, state-level public policy issues.” Its critics call it a way for big corporations to impose their will through state law—laws that have included easing taxes and regulations on big companies while restricting the rights of immigrants, workers, and minorities.
So why are companies leaving ALEC? What are we to make of this trend? Well, here are a few things this exodus is not:
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http://www.nationofchange.org/what-make-alec-exodus-1334409417
