The fact that corporations are writing America’s laws through the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is starting to alarm many, including ALEC members who are passing the ALEC content-driven legislation in state house across the country.
At a Town Hall meeting on March 28, 2011 with a couple dozen concerned constitutions in attendance, Republican State Representative Tom McMillin denied membership in the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and was according to eyewitnesses at the event ‘evasive” and "nervous" in his responses to multiple questions about his membership in ALEC and sponsorship of several ALEC-based bills introduced recently in the Michigan Legislature in Lansing.
“Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.” - Emerson
Video Courtesy of the Rochester Citizen and other private Citizens who brought this to our attention, thank you.
After repeated questioning by informed citizens Tom McMillin’s only response concerning his ties with the ‘secretive’ ALEC boiled down to “It doesn’t matter….”
McMillin: "Yeah saw some liberal blogs talking about that..."
UPDATE: ALEC Issues Press Release "Setting the Record Straight - Much ado about nothing" - FULL Line by Line ANALYSIS
Translation: "Leave us, the most 'powerful' 'secret' corporate 'lobby' alone or we'll cry..."
Oh Yeah we have been talking, and here's another one. Let’s see more on McMuffin and ALEC updates below…