'a mad rush of anti-democratic excess'

[marmar]

from The Nation:



Michigan Adopts the ALEC Model for Diminishing Democracy
John Nichols on December 12, 2012 - 7:50 AM ET


Michigan legislators did not write the so-called “right to work” legislation that they have enacted in a mad rush of anti-democratic excess.

They simply did as they were told.

The ideas, the outlines and the words themselves came from the American Legislative Exchange Council, the right-wing “bill mill” that produces “model legislation” at the behest of Koch Industries, Rupert Murdoch’s NewsCorp, ExxonMobil and the corporate cabal that is always looking to “buy” states.

As the Center for Media and Democracy’s “ALEC Exposed” project revealed (in conjunction with The Nation), ALEC has developed binders full of “model legislation” that assaults the rights of working people, consumers and communities. ....................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thenation.com/blog/171722/michigan-adopts-alec-model-diminishing-democracy#

[Tigress DEM]

1. ALEC's binders.

LAST thing we need.

[gollygee]

2. My state is for sale

[jehop61]

4. I've written my reps

But I don't have any hope it will do any good. But I did ask them how they liked being the laughing stocks of the nation.

[PETRUS]

3. Strike!