Quantum Windbag
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its well known board courtesy/netiquette to stay on-topic.
you're welcome. Glad to help
I am on topic, ALEC is hardly the only corporation that influences law to get an advantage for itself.
It's not a corporation, or, at least it's not one lobbying for itself. It's a clearing house for hooking up compliant legislators with lobbying interests. It organizes efforts to get legislation passed that favor it's member companies. It's fair to say this isn't "new", but ALEC really takes it to the next level. Corporate lobbyists write legislation in the form of 'templates' that are distributed by ALEC to legislators. What could be easier? "Legislators" can appease their backers and don't even have to bother writing laws. ALEC is ugly business.
Look up ALICE. It does the exact same thing for the left. I refuse to pretend that the problem exist only on one side.
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