Political Factoid
After mounting adverse publicity,
the right-wing American Legislative
Exchange Council (ALEC)
temporarily tabled many of
its social agenda items:
- Justifiable killings
- Voter restrictions
- Anti-birth control
- Immigration control
- Education cuts
- etc.
However, ALEC did continue on
its "non-social issue" agenda:
- State union busting measures
- Repealing minimum wage laws
- Repealing paid sick day laws around the country
- Requiring a super-majority to raise taxes
- Repealing capital gains taxes
(plus numerous behind-the-scenes agenda items)
cf.
1826,
2451,
3535,
1817,
CCC
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