Corporate Victory Will ‘Screw’ Local Farmers as Amendment Passes in Missouri
Published on Wednesday, August 06, 2014 by Common Dreams by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer...
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Read MoreFrom supporting Keystone XL to opposing home solar panels, Alec planning assault on the environment
Read Moreforeign owned companies like ORC and Jordan Cove Energy are trying to influence local elections
Read MoreALEC’s model legislation reflects long-term goals: downsizing government, removing regulations on corporations and making it harder to hold the economically and politically powerful to account. Corporate donors retain veto power over the language, which is developed by the secretive task forces. The task forces cover issues from education to health policy. ALEC’s priorities for the 2011 session included bills to privatize education, break unions, deregulate major industries, pass voter ID laws and more.
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