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merrily

(45,251 posts)

10. Anyone can write legislation. Only legislators can pass it.

Reply to starroute (Reply #6)

Sat Sep 27, 2014, 01:05 PM

Sep 2014

I am not saying ALEC is a good organization by any means.

But, what really makes ALEC so dangerous to us is that the people whom we elect, and the people appointed by those we elect, the people whose salaries and perks and expenses come out of our pocket, do the bidding of ALEC. If not, ALEC would just be wasting its time and money writing legislation and trying to buy politicians.

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ALEC Tries To Prove It's Not Lying About Climate, Fails Miserably - Salon [View all] hatrack Sep 2014 OP

K&R.... daleanime Sep 2014 #1

Thank heaven ALEC doesn't enact legislation (or fail to enact legislation). merrily Sep 2014 #2

But ALEC writes the legislation that state legislators pass verbatim starroute Sep 2014 #6

^^THIS^^ BumRushDaShow Sep 2014 #8

Anyone can write legislation. Only legislators can pass it. merrily Sep 2014 #10

Fuck ALEC !!! SamKnause Sep 2014 #3

Google was right, proven yet again, ALEC lies. It is what corporations pay it to do, but it is the Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #4

k&r marym625 Sep 2014 #5

ALEC lies for the same reason the GOP lies. SunSeeker Sep 2014 #7

ALEC will soon have exhausted it's usefulness salib Sep 2014 #9

I'm going to enjoy this Jack Rabbit Sep 2014 #11