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"Who does Paul Ryan Pledge Allegiance to?" (If you guessed
Posted: Oct 7, 2012
"When he ran for Congress – at age 28 – Ryan’s resume was already closely tied to ALEC. His first campaign was financed by big-name PACs with ties to ALEC including: Koch Industries, Federal Express, Union Pacific Corporation, American Council of Life Insurance, National Auto Dealers Association, National Association of Home Builders, National Federation of Independent Businesses, and National Beer Wholesalers."
"Just take a look at his signature piece of legislation, the most recent House Budget. How many of its provisions were drawn from ALEC’s wish list? Ryan’s budget would convert Medicaid to a block-grant program, allowing funds to be awarded further away from prying eyes. That’s been on ALEC’s wish list since 1996. Block grants allow state and local officials wide latitude in deciding how the money is spent and who receives it."
WHO does Ryan pledge allegiance to? "One nation, under God, with liberty and justice for all? Or to all those “corporate people” Mitt Romney talks about [organized through ALEC] who have been bankrolling Paul Ryan’s campaigns and spoonfeeding him ideas?
Haven’t heard of it? The American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC, is
the ultimate smokefilled back room. ALEC’s corporate contributors pay a king’s ransom to gain access to legislators and distribute their corporate-crafted legislation. The result has been a consistent pipeline of special interest legislation being funneled into state capitols. Read more in the American Association for Justice report “ALEC: Ghostwriting the Law for Corporate America” at bit.ly/9hddBp"
http://nhlabornews.com/2012/09/who-does-paul-ryan-pledge-allegiance-to/
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There's no surprise here... - SK1
[ In Reply To ..]Groups like that are, of course, going to support a conservative candidate and funnel money into their campaigns.
Just like unions support the liberal candidate.
In 2008, Obama had his fair share of corporate supporters:
University of California $1,648,685
Goldman Sachs $1,013,091
Harvard University $878,164
Microsoft Corp $852,167
Google Inc $814,540
JPMorgan Chase & Co $808,799
Citigroup Inc $736,771
Time Warner $624,618
Sidley Austin LLP $600,298
Stanford University $595,716
National Amusements Inc $563,798
WilmerHale LLP $550,668
Columbia University $547,852
Skadden, Arps et al $543,539
UBS AG $532,674
IBM Corp $532,372
General Electric $529,855
US Government $513,308
Morgan Stanley $512,232
Latham & Watkins $503,295
Politics. It's big business.
There may be a surprise or two for you in the post - above. We're talking big-time, skip-the-voter
[ In Reply To ..]organization. And, yes, I'm sure they are also feeding the legislation they want enacted to as many Democratic "representatives" as will take it and that there are way too many on all sides of the aisle. They love their jobs way too much.
Plus, it's so easy. Go off for a luxury weekend of wining and dining at a fabulous estate, and come back with complex legislation already researched and written for you to present as your own.
So what? - anon
[ In Reply To ..]The O and Dems are just as bankrolled and have their own set of back-room power players.
Only ALEC has been writing legislation for all 50 - states since the 1970s. THIS MATTERS. SM
[ In Reply To ..]This isn't some stupid ball game, reds against blues. Our nation and the lives we and our descendents live in it are the prizes at stake.
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