(Source: Teamster Nation, March 12, 2013)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iowa lawmakers may unknowingly belong to ALEC, the escort service for corporations and state lawmakers, according to a report released today in DesMoines by Progress Iowa.
The report also identified more than $520,000 in campaign donations to 13 GOP lawmakers and Gov. Terry Branstad by corporations associated with ALEC.
ALEC’s powerful but secretive influence in Iowa has not received much attention. Progress Iowa’s release of the report is intended to alert Iowans to ALEC’s pro-corporate agenda of lowering wages, privatizing essential government services, weakening workers’ rights, eradicating public education and eliminating consumer and environmental protections.
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