ALEC's latest actions

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http://www.nationofchange.org/alec-s-latest-actions-1327933925

The Amer­i­can Leg­isla­tive Ex­change Coun­cil (ALEC), a con­ser­v­a­tive or­ga­ni­za­tion that has been lead­ing re­cent co­or­di­nated at­tempts to move state laws right­ward, has some busy min­ions in the New Hamp­shire state leg­is­la­ture. In the past week they in­tro­duced seven pieces of ALEC’s model leg­is­la­tion.

These in­clude bills that are plainly counter-pro­duc­tive, such as the “Elim­i­nat­ing Sup­port Ser­vices for New­born Chil­dren” Act. Ac­cord­ing to Gran­ite Progress “This leg­is­la­tion would elim­i­nate sup­port ser­vices for new­born chil­dren whose par­ents are uti­liz­ing TANF (Tem­po­rary As­sis­tance to Needy Fam­i­lies).” How that will break the cycle of the poverty or give the dis­ad­van­taged chil­dren of poor peo­ple a more fair shot at be­com­ing pro­duc­tive cit­i­zens is un­clear.

Some of the other pro­pos­als are just doc­tri­naire right wing ide­ol­ogy, such as in­sti­tut­ing a tax credit to di­vert money from pub­lic ed­u­ca­tion to pri­vate school vouch­ers.