Liberal organization links Wisconsin bills to Koch-funded group (ALEC)

[iwishiwas]

Idiot headline (including "liberal" !!

http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/125510523.html
Liberal organization links Wisconsin bills to Koch-funded group

July 13, 2011 2:40 p.m. |(83) Comments

In the midst of trying to balance the state's multibillion-dollar budget, who had time to debate the state tax on moist tobacco products?

The American Legislative Exchange Council's allies in the Wisconsin Legislature did.

Late in the budget debate, six Republican lawmakers - including four currently facing recall elections - sponsored a proposal to lower the overall price of moist snuff like Copenhagen and Skoal. Specifically, the provision would have altered the tax on smokeless tobacco products from one based on the price of the tobacco to one based on weight.

That stance on this obscure subject matches a model resolution approved by ALEC, a conservative outfit that brings corporations and lawmakers together to draw up draft legislation.......................

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. They are meeting this week to draft legislation

We're seeing the same bills in state after state.

It's just so evil. . .