Taxes and Budgets
![]() You can access these ALEC "model" on taxes and budgets here. ![]() Download a one-page fact sheet on ALEC and taxes here. ![]() Send a letter to ALEC companies asking them to cut ties with ALEC. |
How the Bills Would Rewrite the Tax Code and Aid the Richest |
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Through ALEC, corporations voted bills to rewrite the tax code that would increase their profits or the riches of their CEOs by:
Making it easier for tax cheaters to get away with ripping off the public by:
Preventing key taxes from helping America reduce its dependence on oil, through:
Allowing a small minority of legislators to thwart tax increases, regardless of public needs, by:
Limiting taxes of businesses, top income brackets, and others, regardless of national or state needs, through:
ALEC also provided PR sound bites to push its tax agenda: see here and here.
This information is available for download as a one-page fact sheet here. |
Did You Know about these Bills? |
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Some of this Corporate Agenda Has Already Become Law:![]()
Drowning State Government in a Bathtub![]() Some ALEC model bills would force severe austerity measures for basic services by severely limiting the ability of state government to raise revenue, even before Wall Street crashed the U.S. economy in 2008. One bill would change the state constitutions across the country to require that all tax increases of any kind be approved by two-thirds of the legislature. If such a restriction were embedded in a state's constitution, then any statute contrary to it could be struck down as unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court. But more importantly, while framed as requiring a "super majority," what such a provision actually does is allow a stubborn minority of legislators to block any tax increase that addresses public needs, even if a majority of the people elected in the state favor the increase. Under this wish list for ALEC corporations and politicians, if just one-third of the legislators plus one more oppose a tax increase, they could thwart it until the next election, no matter the public will or need. Giving a small minority of legislators such veto power is anti-democratic.![]() (Grover Norquist is a frequent featured speaker at ALEC, and Americans for Tax Reform is an ALEC member.) This information is available for download as a one-page fact sheet here. |
READ the "Model Bills" HERE |
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For descriptions of some of these bills, scroll up or click here. |
Learn MORE about the "Model Bills" ALEC Corporations Are Backing to Rewrite YOUR Rights |
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The Center for Media and Democracy analyzed the bills ALEC politicians and corporations voted for. More analysis is available below and also at ALEC Exposed's sister sites, PRWatch and SourceWatch. |
Who Is Behind ALEC? |
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What Is ALEC?
ALEC Politicians (all states) |
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