There’s a new corporation acronym on the block, and it’s not a comic actor, by a long shot. Meet ALEC, Dear Gentle Reader(s), and be afraid. Be very afraid. (Good tie-in for Halloween, eh wot?)
Here’s a rather chilling excerpt from NPR’s website:
NPR spent the past several months analyzing hundreds of pages of campaign finance reports, lobbying documents and corporate records. What they show is a quiet, behind-the-scenes effort to help draft and pass Arizona Senate Bill 1070 by an industry that stands to benefit from it: the private prison industry.
According to NPR, the genesis of Arizona’s immigrant law, SB1070 occurred last December at a conference of the American Legislative Exchange Council—ALEC. An Arizona pol was at the conference, and the rest of the story we all well know.
Admittedly, Capitalism has brought us to a very good life, but every once in a while we surely have to wonder about making profit off of the misery of those who are less fortunate.
Or not?
Trust, but verify.
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