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* [https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/meet-the-economist-behind-the-one-percents-stealth-takeover-of-america ''Institute for New Economic Thinking'', "Meet the Economist Behind the One Percent’s Stealth Takeover of America" by Lynn Parramore, 2018/05/30] | * [https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/meet-the-economist-behind-the-one-percents-stealth-takeover-of-america ''Institute for New Economic Thinking'', "Meet the Economist Behind the One Percent’s Stealth Takeover of America" by Lynn Parramore, 2018/05/30] | ||
* [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minimum-wage-doesnt-cover-the-rent-anywhere-in-the-u-s/ ''CBS'', "Minimum wage doesn't cover the rent anywhere in the U.S.", 2018/06/14] | * [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minimum-wage-doesnt-cover-the-rent-anywhere-in-the-u-s/ ''CBS'', "Minimum wage doesn't cover the rent anywhere in the U.S.", 2018/06/14] | ||
| + | * [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-06/higher-minimum-wage-boosts-pay-without-reducing-jobs-study-says ''Bloomberg'', "Higher Minimum Wage Boosts Pay Without Reducing Jobs, Study Says", 2018/09/06] | ||
=== Net neutrality === | === Net neutrality === | ||
Revision as of 03:41, 20 September 2018
The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is an association of state legislators and corporations.
Contents
History
Notable members
State legislators
Corporations
- AES Corporation
- Amazon (cut ties)
- Amoco
- Amway
- AT&T
- Bank of America (cut ties)
- Bell Helicopter
- Boeing
- BP America (cut ties)
- Charter Communications
- Chevron
- Comcast
- DCI Group (associated with Michael Connell's companies)
- Dow Chemical
- Exxon
- Fidelity Investments
- GEO Group (formerly Wackenhut's private prison division)
- Google (cut ties)
- Koch Industries
- Microsoft (cut ties)
- Monsanto
- Northrop Grumman (cut ties)
- Pfizer
- Shell
- Time Warner Cable
- Union Pacific Corporation (cut ties)
- Verizon
- Wal-Mart (cut ties)
- Williams Companies
Trade groups
Law firms
Non-profits
Conferences
Lobbying efforts
Political connections
Financiers
- Charles and David Koch
Lobbying allies
- US Chamber of Commerce
- Karl Rove
- Club for Growth
Officials and politicians
- Jack Kemp
- Tom DeLay
- Donald Rumsfeld
- John Boehner
- Katherine Harris
- Sonny Perdue - made governor of Georgia in the suspect 2002 Georgia election
- Tom Feeney
- Scott Walker
- Donald Trump administration (source)
- Mike Pence
- Scott Pruitt
- Tom Price
- Nikki Haley
- Rick Perry
- Mike Pompeo
References
External links
- Sourcewatch pages on ALEC
- Lowndes County GA old boy network and ALEC
Economic ideology
- The Atlantic, "McDonald's Can't Figure Out How Its Workers Survive on Minimum Wage", 2013/07/16
- Minyanville's Wall Street, "McDonald's Sample Budget Sheet Is Laughable, but Its Implications Are Not", 2013/07/27
- Institute for New Economic Thinking, "Meet the Economist Behind the One Percent’s Stealth Takeover of America" by Lynn Parramore, 2018/05/30
- CBS, "Minimum wage doesn't cover the rent anywhere in the U.S.", 2018/06/14
- Bloomberg, "Higher Minimum Wage Boosts Pay Without Reducing Jobs, Study Says", 2018/09/06
Net neutrality
- Ars Technica, "Comcast and other ISPs celebrate imminent death of net neutrality rules", 2017/04/26
- Huffington Post, "FCC Commissioner Tells ALEC To Help Squash Net Neutrality", 2017/05/08
- Media Post, "ALEC Urges FCC To Block State Broadband Laws", 2017/11/13
- American Legislative Exchange Council, "ALEC Applauds FCC Efforts to Restoring Internet Freedom", 2017/11/21
- Open Secrets, "Koch nonprofit president’s anti-net neutrality campaign", 2017/12/13
