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Political Factoid
There is a growing list of large companies
and organizations who have been caught
funding the subversive-like activities of ALEC*
(the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council).
Those who could not take the heat of consumer complaints:
- Coca-Cola
- Pepsi
- Intuit
- Kraft
- McDonald's
- Wendy's
- Mars Inc
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
- Reed Elsevier (owner of LexisNexis and publisher
of science and health information)
- American Traffic Solutions
- Arizona Public Service
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Yum! Brands (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut)
- Procter & Gamble
- ...
Those who still maintain leadership positions in ALEC:
- Koch Companies Public Sector
- Wal-Mart Stores
- Peabody Energy
- Diageo
- Energy Future Holdings
- ExxonMobil Corporation
- Bayer Corp.
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Johnson & Johnson
- Pfizer Inc.
- PhRMA
- United Parcel Service (UPS)
- CenterPoint 360
- Altria Group
- American Bail Coalition
- AT&T
- Reynolds American
- Salt River Project
- State Farm Insurance Co.
... and this is still just the visible tip of the ice berg.
(See a more complete list at www.Sourcewatch.org)
Also, there are a number of other big-money,
behind-the-scenes manipulating organizations
involved.
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Voter restrictions, collective bargaining restrictions,
marriage restrictions, women's health restrictions,
shoot-first (stand your ground) laws, nationalizing the
rules of one religion, return of open discrimination,
increased transfer of wealth to the wealthy, ....
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