Posted on 08/08/2013 3:39:01 PM PDT by Olog-hai
More than a thousand conservative lawmakers and business executives are gathering this week for conference that could shape a new wave of Republican legislation in state capitols pushing for deeper tax cuts, limits on union powers and a private-sector makeover for government Medicaid programs.
Attendees at the American Legislative Exchange Council were countered Thursday by a roughly equal number of protesters upset by the close ties between big businesses and lawmakers. …
The conservative organization’s 40th annual meeting comes as it is experiencing increased influence due to a growth in Republican-led legislatures and enhanced opposition from liberal-leaning groups that have successfully persuaded some corporations to drop their support of the council. Businesses provide the bulk of the financing for the association, and industry officials serve with lawmakers on closed-door, issue-oriented task forces that develop model legislation for states. …
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“I’m tired of UNION greed,” said Nancy Holmstrand, 68, a retired public school teacher from Chicago who joined in the protest. “They’re able to make laws based on their financial power that benefit the top 0.2 percent.”
Correction, in caps, is mine.
“Attendees at the American Legislative Exchange Council were countered Thursday by a roughly equal number of protesters upset by the close ties between big businesses and lawmakers.”
Let’s see - Obama and his ties with GE’s CEO, no protests; Obama and his ties with Amazon and its founder Jeff Bezos, now owner of the Washington Post, no protests; Obama and his ties with CEO/Corporate recipients of “Green energy” subsidies, in mostly failed projects, no protests; Obama and his ties with “Wall Street” firms and executives, bigger than his opponents in both the 2008 and 2012 campaigns, no protests; etc., etc., etc.
The Marxists/Progressives/Liberals and their useful idiots in the chattering masses are NOT really against corporate ties with politicians, simply corporate ties with politicians who are not on their team - end of story and height of hypocrisy.
Repeal the 17th Amendment, ratify a balanced budget amendment, and pass term limits for the House and Senate. Anything less won’t be enough.
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