Many of us have been at least somewhat gladdened by recent news that the corporate driven entity known ALEC has been losing at least a few high profile members while at the same time taking some much deserved heat over the legislation they have written that have been turned into really bad laws throughout the country. The main case in point here is the so-called “Stand Your Ground” laws that have resulted in rising numbers of murders throughout the country, including the murder of Trayvon Martin.

ALEC has decided to back off from “social” legislation and now will focus on what corporations really want: crushing the unions, negating most wage rules throughout the country and the end to benefits as compensation. “Business Friendly” legislation is what they call it. This will be the final nail in the coffin of the middle class. America will travel down the last few steps to join the third world with a few filthy wealthy on top, and a huge mass of poor and extremely poor on the bottom.

If you do not think they can pull this off, did you ever really think that poll taxes in a new form would come back? Remember when you vote for a Republican in Iowa you are voting not for that person, instead your vote is a vote in favor of ALEC and its policies. This year you will be voting to cut your own paycheck and benefits. You will also be voting to crush unions and any hope that the future will be better for your children.

Please tell anyone and everyone. ALEC now has state legislatures where they want them and now they are going for the big enchilada. You will have no one to blame but yourselves if you vote for these people.

Here is and excerpt from the article at truth-out.org that goes into greater detail concerning what ALEC’s focus legislation will include:

The “Living Wage Mandate Preemption Act” would repeal and then ban local “living wage” ordinances like the ones in some 140 cities that provide a higher minimum for city workers/contractors — enough to maintain a safe, decent standard of living in a community. Similarly, the ALEC “Starting (Minimum) Wage Repeal Act” would preempt the ability of localities to pay a minimum wage higher than the federal level. Some 22 states allow starting wages, but ALEC objects to the policy as an “unfunded mandate.”

The ALEC “Prevailing Wage Repeal Act” would get rid of all state prevailing wage laws that give workers engaged in public works contracts a regional, average salary in an attempt to prevent contractors from entering into a race to the bottom in worker wages to win contract bids.

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Where is the bottom in ALEC’s race to the bottom? Why, prison labor of course. ALEC promotes the privatization of prisons and prison industries that do not have to abide by minimum wage rules.

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On collective bargaining, ALEC’s “Public Employee Freedom Act” declares that “an employee should be able to contract on their own terms” and “mandatory collective bargaining laws violate this freedom.” This ALEC bill and the “Public Employer Payroll Deduction Policy Act” prohibit automatic payroll deductions for union dues, a key aspect of Walker’s collective bargaining bill struck down by a federal court judge

Once again, please read the whole article here.