Eric Schmidt: "[alec] Just Literally Lying"

[Star]

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Company after company after... are pulling their money and support from the rightwing extremist group - ALEC.

Google is just the latest to recognize what whacked out rightwing radicals these guys are.

I wonder how long it will be before the Koch machine pulls it's support - OK, I'm going to hold my breath.


http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2014/09/22/theyre-just-literally-lying-googles-eric-schmidt-on-cutting-ties-with-conservative-group/
They’re just literally lying’: Google’s Eric Schmidt on cutting ties with conservative group
September 22
By Joe Garofoli


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/alec-exodus-companies-list
GOOGLE, September 2014
"The facts of climate change are not in question anymore. Everyone understands climate change is occurring, and the people who oppose it are really hurting our children and our grandchildren and making the world a much worse place," Google Chairman Eric Schmidt told NPR's Diane Rehm in explaining the decision. "And so we should not be aligned with such people -- they're just, they're just literally lying."

MICROSOFT, August 2014
CNET linked Microsoft's withdrawal to the company's support of renewable energy projects, which would be at odds with ALEC's environmental positions. The year before it left the group's communications and technology task force, the software giant began investing in renewable energy projects, such as having one of its data centers powered by windmills.

VISA, December 2013
The credit-card company quietly dropped its membership, according to the Center for Media and Democracy, after a year of being lobbied by a "socially responsible" investment firm to reexamine its participation.

MERCK AND CO., September 2012
The pharmaceutical titan told the Star-Ledger that it was a combination of money and policy that drove its departure from the group.
"Merck reviews its memberships every fall to decide which will be retained for the upcoming calendar year based on budget constraints and policy priorities," Merck spokeswoman Kelley Dougherty said. "As a result of this review, the company will not be renewing its membership for several organizations. ALEC is one of these groups."

GENERAL MOTORS, July 2012
ALEC came under particularly scrutiny after the Trayvon Martin killing in 2012 because it has advanced Stand Your Ground legislation. Liberal groups started a coordinated campaign to pressure companies to drop their support. Dozens of companies did, though many, like GM, were not explicit in their announcements.
“We routinely evaluate our support for a variety of organizations,” Greg Martin, a GM spokesman, told Bloomberg. “As such, we have decided to discontinue our support and funding of ALEC.”

WALGREENS, July 2012
“We recently informed ALEC that effective immediately Walgreen Co. will not be renewing its membership in their organization,” James Graham, a Walgreens spokesman, told Bloomberg. The company's departure also occurred amid the widespread public pressure to withdraw from ALEC.

WAL-MART, May 2012
Without getting specific, Wal-Mart explained that the group had gotten away from its founding "Jeffersonian principles of free markets," according to the Los Angeles Times.
“We feel that the divide between these activities and our purpose as a business has become too wide,” Maggie Sans, the company's vice president for public affairs, wrote in a letter explaining its departure.

AMAZON, May 2012
Amid that ongoing campaign to pressure groups out of ALEC, Amazon cited "public concerns" when announcing its decision to leave the group.

PROCTOR AND GAMBLE, April 2012
A company spokesperson was refreshingly frank while explaining why it was cutting ties with ALEC, according to Think Progress: It's bad for business.
"Decisions about which memberships we retain are guided by budgetary considerations, value to the business and engagement on issues core to our ability to compete in the marketplace," the spokesperson Elizabeth Ratchford, said. "The multinational corporation made the determination that ALEC does not help P&G compete for consumers’ loyalty and support."

MCDONALDS, April 2012
The same principle apparently applied to the fast-food giant.
"While [we] were a member of ALEC in 2011, we evaluate all professional memberships annually and made the business decision not to renew in 2012," spokeswoman Ashlee Yingling told Mother Jones.

KRAFT, April 2012
Kraft made clear that it had only been concerned with economic issues as ALEC attracted controversy for its gun control and voter ID legislation.
"ALEC covers numerous issues but our involvement has been strictly limited to discussions about economic growth and development, transportation and tax policy. We did not participate in meetings or conversations related to other issues," the company said. "Our membership in ALEC expires this spring and for a number of reasons, including limited resources, we have made the decision not to renew."

COCA COLA, April 2012
Coke also stressed that it had had narrow interests in working with ALEC, according to Think Progress, implying that the group's forays into other issues were not in its best interest.
"The Coca-Cola Company has elected to discontinue its membership with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Our involvement with ALEC was focused on efforts to oppose discriminatory food and beverage taxes, not on issues that have no direct bearing on our business," the company said. "We have a long-standing policy of only taking positions on issues that impact our Company and industry."
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[Star]

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Company after company after... are pulling their money and support from the rightwing extremist group - ALEC.

Google is just the latest to recognize what whacked out rightwing radicals these guys are.

I wonder how long it will be before the Koch machine pulls it's support - OK, I'm going to hold my breath.


http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2014/09/22/theyre-just-literally-lying-googles-eric-schmidt-on-cutting-ties-with-conservative-group/
They’re just literally lying’: Google’s Eric Schmidt on cutting ties with conservative group
September 22
By Joe Garofoli


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/alec-exodus-companies-list
GOOGLE, September 2014
"The facts of climate change are not in question anymore. Everyone understands climate change is occurring, and the people who oppose it are really hurting our children and our grandchildren and making the world a much worse place," Google Chairman Eric Schmidt told NPR's Diane Rehm in explaining the decision. "And so we should not be aligned with such people -- they're just, they're just literally lying."

MICROSOFT, August 2014
CNET linked Microsoft's withdrawal to the company's support of renewable energy projects, which would be at odds with ALEC's environmental positions. The year before it left the group's communications and technology task force, the software giant began investing in renewable energy projects, such as having one of its data centers powered by windmills.

VISA, December 2013
The credit-card company quietly dropped its membership, according to the Center for Media and Democracy, after a year of being lobbied by a "socially responsible" investment firm to reexamine its participation.

MERCK AND CO., September 2012
The pharmaceutical titan told the Star-Ledger that it was a combination of money and policy that drove its departure from the group.
"Merck reviews its memberships every fall to decide which will be retained for the upcoming calendar year based on budget constraints and policy priorities," Merck spokeswoman Kelley Dougherty said. "As a result of this review, the company will not be renewing its membership for several organizations. ALEC is one of these groups."

GENERAL MOTORS, July 2012
ALEC came under particularly scrutiny after the Trayvon Martin killing in 2012 because it has advanced Stand Your Ground legislation. Liberal groups started a coordinated campaign to pressure companies to drop their support. Dozens of companies did, though many, like GM, were not explicit in their announcements.
“We routinely evaluate our support for a variety of organizations,” Greg Martin, a GM spokesman, told Bloomberg. “As such, we have decided to discontinue our support and funding of ALEC.”

WALGREENS, July 2012
“We recently informed ALEC that effective immediately Walgreen Co. will not be renewing its membership in their organization,” James Graham, a Walgreens spokesman, told Bloomberg. The company's departure also occurred amid the widespread public pressure to withdraw from ALEC.

WAL-MART, May 2012
Without getting specific, Wal-Mart explained that the group had gotten away from its founding "Jeffersonian principles of free markets," according to the Los Angeles Times.
“We feel that the divide between these activities and our purpose as a business has become too wide,” Maggie Sans, the company's vice president for public affairs, wrote in a letter explaining its departure.

AMAZON, May 2012
Amid that ongoing campaign to pressure groups out of ALEC, Amazon cited "public concerns" when announcing its decision to leave the group.

PROCTOR AND GAMBLE, April 2012
A company spokesperson was refreshingly frank while explaining why it was cutting ties with ALEC, according to Think Progress: It's bad for business.
"Decisions about which memberships we retain are guided by budgetary considerations, value to the business and engagement on issues core to our ability to compete in the marketplace," the spokesperson Elizabeth Ratchford, said. "The multinational corporation made the determination that ALEC does not help P&G compete for consumers’ loyalty and support."

MCDONALDS, April 2012
The same principle apparently applied to the fast-food giant.
"While [we] were a member of ALEC in 2011, we evaluate all professional memberships annually and made the business decision not to renew in 2012," spokeswoman Ashlee Yingling told Mother Jones.

KRAFT, April 2012
Kraft made clear that it had only been concerned with economic issues as ALEC attracted controversy for its gun control and voter ID legislation.
"ALEC covers numerous issues but our involvement has been strictly limited to discussions about economic growth and development, transportation and tax policy. We did not participate in meetings or conversations related to other issues," the company said. "Our membership in ALEC expires this spring and for a number of reasons, including limited resources, we have made the decision not to renew."

COCA COLA, April 2012
Coke also stressed that it had had narrow interests in working with ALEC, according to Think Progress, implying that the group's forays into other issues were not in its best interest.
"The Coca-Cola Company has elected to discontinue its membership with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Our involvement with ALEC was focused on efforts to oppose discriminatory food and beverage taxes, not on issues that have no direct bearing on our business," the company said. "We have a long-standing policy of only taking positions on issues that impact our Company and industry."
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Another corporation has seen the light, seen what BS the Koch machine is selling.

Corporate America is abandoning the extremist Republican party agenda - good on them - they're dropping like flies, which corporation will be next?

Yahoo Parts Ways With ALEC

By Jade Walker
09/24/2014

Another tech giant is parting ways with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

Yahoo's withdrawal from the group was confirmed in a statement to Common Cause late Wednesday.

"We've decided to discontinue our membership in ALEC. We periodically review our membership in organizations and, at this time, we will no longer participate in the ALEC Task Force on Communications and Technology,” the company stated.

The controversial conservative policy group has come under fire in recent years for promoting pro-business legislation that rolls back protections on civil rights, environmental, labor and public health laws, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. ALEC also generated or disseminated voter suppression legislation and helped craft the “stand your ground” laws that were adopted in 31 states, including Florida, where teenager Trayvon Martin was shot to death.

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[Stephanie]

yep, you all Love BIG CORPORTIONS as long as they are stepping on people you hate

then wail about them not paying a (living wage) not paying enough taxes, they're too wealthy, etc etc

you just squashing other people and their freedoms

scratch a liberal find a FASCIST deep down

 

[August West]

yep, you all Love BIG CORPORTIONS as long as they are stepping on people you hate

then wail about them not paying a (living wage) not paying enough taxes, they're too wealthy, etc etc

you just squashing other people and their freedoms

scratch a liberal find a FASCIST deep down

Corporatism is a tenet of fascism. Do you know what you`re talking about?

 

[Stephanie]

yep, you all Love BIG CORPORTIONS as long as they are stepping on people you hate

then wail about them not paying a (living wage) not paying enough taxes, they're too wealthy, etc etc

you just squashing other people and their freedoms

scratch a liberal find a FASCIST deep down

Corporatism is a tenet of fascism. Do you know what you`re talking about?

yeah until you need one to work at. but hey what do I know you know it all

and you got a atta boy for that dump stuff

 

[thereisnospoon]

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Company after company after... are pulling their money and support from the rightwing extremist group - ALEC.

Google is just the latest to recognize what whacked out rightwing radicals these guys are.

I wonder how long it will be before the Koch machine pulls it's support - OK, I'm going to hold my breath.


http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2014/09/22/theyre-just-literally-lying-googles-eric-schmidt-on-cutting-ties-with-conservative-group/
They’re just literally lying’: Google’s Eric Schmidt on cutting ties with conservative group
September 22
By Joe Garofoli


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/alec-exodus-companies-list
GOOGLE, September 2014
"The facts of climate change are not in question anymore. Everyone understands climate change is occurring, and the people who oppose it are really hurting our children and our grandchildren and making the world a much worse place," Google Chairman Eric Schmidt told NPR's Diane Rehm in explaining the decision. "And so we should not be aligned with such people -- they're just, they're just literally lying."

MICROSOFT, August 2014
CNET linked Microsoft's withdrawal to the company's support of renewable energy projects, which would be at odds with ALEC's environmental positions. The year before it left the group's communications and technology task force, the software giant began investing in renewable energy projects, such as having one of its data centers powered by windmills.

VISA, December 2013
The credit-card company quietly dropped its membership, according to the Center for Media and Democracy, after a year of being lobbied by a "socially responsible" investment firm to reexamine its participation.

MERCK AND CO., September 2012
The pharmaceutical titan told the Star-Ledger that it was a combination of money and policy that drove its departure from the group.
"Merck reviews its memberships every fall to decide which will be retained for the upcoming calendar year based on budget constraints and policy priorities," Merck spokeswoman Kelley Dougherty said. "As a result of this review, the company will not be renewing its membership for several organizations. ALEC is one of these groups."

GENERAL MOTORS, July 2012
ALEC came under particularly scrutiny after the Trayvon Martin killing in 2012 because it has advanced Stand Your Ground legislation. Liberal groups started a coordinated campaign to pressure companies to drop their support. Dozens of companies did, though many, like GM, were not explicit in their announcements.
“We routinely evaluate our support for a variety of organizations,” Greg Martin, a GM spokesman, told Bloomberg. “As such, we have decided to discontinue our support and funding of ALEC.”

WALGREENS, July 2012
“We recently informed ALEC that effective immediately Walgreen Co. will not be renewing its membership in their organization,” James Graham, a Walgreens spokesman, told Bloomberg. The company's departure also occurred amid the widespread public pressure to withdraw from ALEC.

WAL-MART, May 2012
Without getting specific, Wal-Mart explained that the group had gotten away from its founding "Jeffersonian principles of free markets," according to the Los Angeles Times.
“We feel that the divide between these activities and our purpose as a business has become too wide,” Maggie Sans, the company's vice president for public affairs, wrote in a letter explaining its departure.

AMAZON, May 2012
Amid that ongoing campaign to pressure groups out of ALEC, Amazon cited "public concerns" when announcing its decision to leave the group.

PROCTOR AND GAMBLE, April 2012
A company spokesperson was refreshingly frank while explaining why it was cutting ties with ALEC, according to Think Progress: It's bad for business.
"Decisions about which memberships we retain are guided by budgetary considerations, value to the business and engagement on issues core to our ability to compete in the marketplace," the spokesperson Elizabeth Ratchford, said. "The multinational corporation made the determination that ALEC does not help P&G compete for consumers’ loyalty and support."

MCDONALDS, April 2012
The same principle apparently applied to the fast-food giant.
"While [we] were a member of ALEC in 2011, we evaluate all professional memberships annually and made the business decision not to renew in 2012," spokeswoman Ashlee Yingling told Mother Jones.

KRAFT, April 2012
Kraft made clear that it had only been concerned with economic issues as ALEC attracted controversy for its gun control and voter ID legislation.
"ALEC covers numerous issues but our involvement has been strictly limited to discussions about economic growth and development, transportation and tax policy. We did not participate in meetings or conversations related to other issues," the company said. "Our membership in ALEC expires this spring and for a number of reasons, including limited resources, we have made the decision not to renew."

COCA COLA, April 2012
Coke also stressed that it had had narrow interests in working with ALEC, according to Think Progress, implying that the group's forays into other issues were not in its best interest.
"The Coca-Cola Company has elected to discontinue its membership with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Our involvement with ALEC was focused on efforts to oppose discriminatory food and beverage taxes, not on issues that have no direct bearing on our business," the company said. "We have a long-standing policy of only taking positions on issues that impact our Company and industry."
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What's your point?
BTW, I know what that is..I want to read your version.
Take care in your response.

 

[Star]

yep, you all Love BIG CORPORTIONS as long as they are stepping on people you hate

then wail about them not paying a (living wage) not paying enough taxes, they're too wealthy, etc etc

you just squashing other people and their freedoms

scratch a liberal find a FASCIST deep down

Corporatism is a tenet of fascism. Do you know what you`re talking about?

If Step anie ever discovers where to look for a decent paying job, the first thing she needs to buy is a clue. Stephanie/Republicans think corporations and billionaires should get tax breaks the rest of us don't get so they'll trickle down on her but-----but Stephanie/Republicans are apparently unaware that small business is where most of the jobs are.

5 Big Myths About American Small Business
Kristie Arslan
05/24/2011

Politicians on both sides of the aisle have been struggling to stimulate the economy and put a definitive end to the Great Recession. These efforts have included sector-specific bailouts, cash for clunkers and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which helped some notable companies and stimulated some industry sectors, but most of these efforts provided little benefit to the typical American business.

Last week, the Obama administration recognized the contributions of this important business demographic with its National Small Business Week. It's worth challenging a few of the myths about the American small business landscape -- as they are truly the engine of the economy.

1. Most Americans work for large corporations

FALSE

2. Job growth is driven by large employers

FALSE

3. Lending is readily available for small businesses in large and small amounts

FALSE

4. Self-employed business owners get all the same tax benefits as larger businesses

FALSE

5. Being self-employed is not a "real" job

FALSE


And-----and as you and the founder of fascism say, fascism is corporatism.

Mar 23, 1919:Mussolini founds the Fascist party

"Fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini
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[CrusaderFrank]

Google is behind the AGWCult...interesting

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Progressive are following in the footstep of their Nazi, Stalinist, Communist forfathers

 

[Stephanie]

yep, you all Love BIG CORPORTIONS as long as they are stepping on people you hate

then wail about them not paying a (living wage) not paying enough taxes, they're too wealthy, etc etc

you just squashing other people and their freedoms

scratch a liberal find a FASCIST deep down

Corporatism is a tenet of fascism. Do you know what you`re talking about?

If Step anie ever discovers where to look for a decent paying job, the first thing she needs to buy is a clue. Stephanie/Republicans think corporations and billionaires should get tax breaks the rest of us don't get so they'll trickle down on her but-----but Stephanie/Republicans are apparently unaware that small business is where most of the jobs are.

5 Big Myths About American Small Business
Kristie Arslan
05/24/2011

Politicians on both sides of the aisle have been struggling to stimulate the economy and put a definitive end to the Great Recession. These efforts have included sector-specific bailouts, cash for clunkers and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which helped some notable companies and stimulated some industry sectors, but most of these efforts provided little benefit to the typical American business.

Last week, the Obama administration recognized the contributions of this important business demographic with its National Small Business Week. It's worth challenging a few of the myths about the American small business landscape -- as they are truly the engine of the economy.

1. Most Americans work for large corporations

FALSE

2. Job growth is driven by large employers

FALSE

3. Lending is readily available for small businesses in large and small amounts

FALSE

4. Self-employed business owners get all the same tax benefits as larger businesses

FALSE

5. Being self-employed is not a "real" job

FALSE


And-----and as you and the founder of fascism say, fascism is corporatism.

Mar 23, 1919:Mussolini founds the Fascist party

"Fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini
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I've worked 45 years in my 60 and am still working.
you're a sheep/tool pos

that's all

 

[Star]

yep, you all Love BIG CORPORTIONS as long as they are stepping on people you hate

then wail about them not paying a (living wage) not paying enough taxes, they're too wealthy, etc etc

you just squashing other people and their freedoms

scratch a liberal find a FASCIST deep down

Corporatism is a tenet of fascism. Do you know what you`re talking about?

If Step anie ever discovers where to look for a decent paying job, the first thing she needs to buy is a clue. Stephanie/Republicans think corporations and billionaires should get tax breaks the rest of us don't get so they'll trickle down on her but-----but Stephanie/Republicans are apparently unaware that small business is where most of the jobs are.

5 Big Myths About American Small Business
Kristie Arslan
05/24/2011

Politicians on both sides of the aisle have been struggling to stimulate the economy and put a definitive end to the Great Recession. These efforts have included sector-specific bailouts, cash for clunkers and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which helped some notable companies and stimulated some industry sectors, but most of these efforts provided little benefit to the typical American business.

Last week, the Obama administration recognized the contributions of this important business demographic with its National Small Business Week. It's worth challenging a few of the myths about the American small business landscape -- as they are truly the engine of the economy.

1. Most Americans work for large corporations

FALSE

2. Job growth is driven by large employers

FALSE

3. Lending is readily available for small businesses in large and small amounts

FALSE

4. Self-employed business owners get all the same tax benefits as larger businesses

FALSE

5. Being self-employed is not a "real" job

FALSE


And-----and as you and the founder of fascism say, fascism is corporatism.

Mar 23, 1919:Mussolini founds the Fascist party

"Fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini
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I've worked 45 years in my 60 and am still working.
you're a sheep/tool pos

that's all

You didn't have to share that you are old, it was detectable in your antiquated take on... issues, but-----but I would've thought that someone at your advanced age and long business experience would've known that small businesses are the engine that drives the economy and job creation.

But I should have known from your previous posts promoting giving the uber-rich and corporations tax breaks, welfare and subsidies while simultaneously ignoring middle class Americans and small businesses that;
A) you are a corporate tool and
B) feel a need to justify your low wages by claiming low wages are good for American business.

You shouldn't take the above statement as an insult, I'm congratulating you for walking your talk.

Corporation after corporation after... are seeing the light and beginning to scrape the rightwing/Republican scum from the American pond.

Facebook Quits ALEC
By Brian Fung
September 24

What began as a trickle in August has now become a flood as more tech companies abandon the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

On Wednesday, Facebook said it would no longer be supporting the conservative think tank. While the company didn't offer a specific reason for ending the relationship, the move came on the heels of an announcement Monday by Google that it would not be renewing its membership in ALEC at the end of the year.

"We reevaluate our memberships on an annual basis, and are in that process now," Facebook said in a statement. "While we have tried to work within ALEC to bring that organization closer to our view on some key issues, it seems unlikely that we will make sufficient progress so we are not likely to renew our membership in 2015."

Months ago, ALEC — which crafts right-leaning legislation at the state level...
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[Star]

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Company after company after... are pulling their money and support from the rightwing extremist group - ALEC.

Google is just the latest to recognize what whacked out rightwing radicals these guys are.

I wonder how long it will be before the Koch machine pulls it's support - OK, I'm going to hold my breath.


http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2014/09/22/theyre-just-literally-lying-googles-eric-schmidt-on-cutting-ties-with-conservative-group/
They’re just literally lying’: Google’s Eric Schmidt on cutting ties with conservative group
September 22
By Joe Garofoli


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/alec-exodus-companies-list
GOOGLE, September 2014
"The facts of climate change are not in question anymore. Everyone understands climate change is occurring, and the people who oppose it are really hurting our children and our grandchildren and making the world a much worse place," Google Chairman Eric Schmidt told NPR's Diane Rehm in explaining the decision. "And so we should not be aligned with such people -- they're just, they're just literally lying."

MICROSOFT, August 2014
CNET linked Microsoft's withdrawal to the company's support of renewable energy projects, which would be at odds with ALEC's environmental positions. The year before it left the group's communications and technology task force, the software giant began investing in renewable energy projects, such as having one of its data centers powered by windmills.

VISA, December 2013
The credit-card company quietly dropped its membership, according to the Center for Media and Democracy, after a year of being lobbied by a "socially responsible" investment firm to reexamine its participation.

MERCK AND CO., September 2012
The pharmaceutical titan told the Star-Ledger that it was a combination of money and policy that drove its departure from the group.
"Merck reviews its memberships every fall to decide which will be retained for the upcoming calendar year based on budget constraints and policy priorities," Merck spokeswoman Kelley Dougherty said. "As a result of this review, the company will not be renewing its membership for several organizations. ALEC is one of these groups."

GENERAL MOTORS, July 2012
ALEC came under particularly scrutiny after the Trayvon Martin killing in 2012 because it has advanced Stand Your Ground legislation. Liberal groups started a coordinated campaign to pressure companies to drop their support. Dozens of companies did, though many, like GM, were not explicit in their announcements.
“We routinely evaluate our support for a variety of organizations,” Greg Martin, a GM spokesman, told Bloomberg. “As such, we have decided to discontinue our support and funding of ALEC.”

WALGREENS, July 2012
“We recently informed ALEC that effective immediately Walgreen Co. will not be renewing its membership in their organization,” James Graham, a Walgreens spokesman, told Bloomberg. The company's departure also occurred amid the widespread public pressure to withdraw from ALEC.

WAL-MART, May 2012
Without getting specific, Wal-Mart explained that the group had gotten away from its founding "Jeffersonian principles of free markets," according to the Los Angeles Times.
“We feel that the divide between these activities and our purpose as a business has become too wide,” Maggie Sans, the company's vice president for public affairs, wrote in a letter explaining its departure.

AMAZON, May 2012
Amid that ongoing campaign to pressure groups out of ALEC, Amazon cited "public concerns" when announcing its decision to leave the group.

PROCTOR AND GAMBLE, April 2012
A company spokesperson was refreshingly frank while explaining why it was cutting ties with ALEC, according to Think Progress: It's bad for business.
"Decisions about which memberships we retain are guided by budgetary considerations, value to the business and engagement on issues core to our ability to compete in the marketplace," the spokesperson Elizabeth Ratchford, said. "The multinational corporation made the determination that ALEC does not help P&G compete for consumers’ loyalty and support."

MCDONALDS, April 2012
The same principle apparently applied to the fast-food giant.
"While [we] were a member of ALEC in 2011, we evaluate all professional memberships annually and made the business decision not to renew in 2012," spokeswoman Ashlee Yingling told Mother Jones.

KRAFT, April 2012
Kraft made clear that it had only been concerned with economic issues as ALEC attracted controversy for its gun control and voter ID legislation.
"ALEC covers numerous issues but our involvement has been strictly limited to discussions about economic growth and development, transportation and tax policy. We did not participate in meetings or conversations related to other issues," the company said. "Our membership in ALEC expires this spring and for a number of reasons, including limited resources, we have made the decision not to renew."

COCA COLA, April 2012
Coke also stressed that it had had narrow interests in working with ALEC, according to Think Progress, implying that the group's forays into other issues were not in its best interest.
"The Coca-Cola Company has elected to discontinue its membership with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). Our involvement with ALEC was focused on efforts to oppose discriminatory food and beverage taxes, not on issues that have no direct bearing on our business," the company said. "We have a long-standing policy of only taking positions on issues that impact our Company and industry."
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What's your point?
BTW, I know what that is..I want to read your version.
Take care in your response.

Net Neutrality, Climate Change, Healthcare, War Mongering, Citizens United, Killing Public Education, etc... Republicans need to man-up and admit, even their corporate sugar daddy's are getting sick and tired of Republican weirdness.

ALEC, a climate denial outfit, responded to getting kicked to the curb by so many corporate giants by denying they are climate change skeptics or-----or that they push skepticism and obstruct any action on climate change.

I don't know if ALEC flipped their policy or if (like the NRA) some Judas spokesperson, ehem, misspoke?

Yelp Drops ALEC

Sustainable Business News
September 26, 2014

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Yelp said it dropped its membership months ago...

<snip>

Meanwhile, ALEC denied that it promotes skepticism and obstructs any action on climate change. ALEC CEO Lisa Nelson said Google is leaving because of "public pressure from left-leaning individuals and organizations who intentionally confuse free-market policy perspectives for climate-change denial."

"ALEC, a secretive and polluter-funded organization, is unequivocally a climate denial organization that cloaks its polluter agenda in free-market rhetoric," said Forecast the Facts and Center for Media and Democracy.

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Can e-bay be far behind?
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[RoshawnMarkwees]

Lady, as soon as you use or reference terms like 'climate denial' you lose.

 

[Stephanie]

whoa, did they get all their talking points in that one sentence. for crying out loud you people are such DIVIDERS in this country

Net Neutrality, Climate Change, Healthcare, War Mongering, Citizens United, Killing Public Education, etc...

why anyone would take them seriously, beats the hell out of me

 

[TooTall]

yep, you all Love BIG CORPORTIONS as long as they are stepping on people you hate

then wail about them not paying a (living wage) not paying enough taxes, they're too wealthy, etc etc

you just squashing other people and their freedoms

scratch a liberal find a FASCIST deep down

Corporatism is a tenet of fascism. Do you know what you`re talking about?

If Step anie ever discovers where to look for a decent paying job, the first thing she needs to buy is a clue. Stephanie/Republicans think corporations and billionaires should get tax breaks the rest of us don't get so they'll trickle down on her but-----but Stephanie/Republicans are apparently unaware that small business is where most of the jobs are.

5 Big Myths About American Small Business
Kristie Arslan
05/24/2011

Politicians on both sides of the aisle have been struggling to stimulate the economy and put a definitive end to the Great Recession. These efforts have included sector-specific bailouts, cash for clunkers and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which helped some notable companies and stimulated some industry sectors, but most of these efforts provided little benefit to the typical American business.

Last week, the Obama administration recognized the contributions of this important business demographic with its National Small Business Week. It's worth challenging a few of the myths about the American small business landscape -- as they are truly the engine of the economy.

1. Most Americans work for large corporations

FALSE

2. Job growth is driven by large employers

FALSE

3. Lending is readily available for small businesses in large and small amounts

FALSE

4. Self-employed business owners get all the same tax benefits as larger businesses

FALSE

5. Being self-employed is not a "real" job

FALSE


And-----and as you and the founder of fascism say, fascism is corporatism.

Mar 23, 1919:Mussolini founds the Fascist party

"Fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini
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You left this out because it is not a myth.

A lot of small business depend on those employed by large corporations for their very existence.

 

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whoa, did they get all their talking points in that one sentence. for crying out loud you people are such DIVIDERS in this country

Net Neutrality, Climate Change, Healthcare, War Mongering, Citizens United, Killing Public Education, etc...

why anyone would take them seriously, beats the hell out of me

And yet-----and yet, Stephanie hasn't shown any inclination for having the intellectual wherewithal to debunk a single part of the sentence s/he's so emotional about.
It must be a bitch to be Republican these days.
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yep, you all Love BIG CORPORTIONS as long as they are stepping on people you hate

then wail about them not paying a (living wage) not paying enough taxes, they're too wealthy, etc etc

you just squashing other people and their freedoms

scratch a liberal find a FASCIST deep down

Corporatism is a tenet of fascism. Do you know what you`re talking about?

If Step anie ever discovers where to look for a decent paying job, the first thing she needs to buy is a clue. Stephanie/Republicans think corporations and billionaires should get tax breaks the rest of us don't get so they'll trickle down on her but-----but Stephanie/Republicans are apparently unaware that small business is where most of the jobs are.

5 Big Myths About American Small Business
Kristie Arslan
05/24/2011

Politicians on both sides of the aisle have been struggling to stimulate the economy and put a definitive end to the Great Recession. These efforts have included sector-specific bailouts, cash for clunkers and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which helped some notable companies and stimulated some industry sectors, but most of these efforts provided little benefit to the typical American business.

Last week, the Obama administration recognized the contributions of this important business demographic with its National Small Business Week. It's worth challenging a few of the myths about the American small business landscape -- as they are truly the engine of the economy.

1. Most Americans work for large corporations

FALSE

2. Job growth is driven by large employers

FALSE

3. Lending is readily available for small businesses in large and small amounts

FALSE

4. Self-employed business owners get all the same tax benefits as larger businesses

FALSE

5. Being self-employed is not a "real" job

FALSE


And-----and as you and the founder of fascism say, fascism is corporatism.

Mar 23, 1919:Mussolini founds the Fascist party

"Fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini
.

You left this out because it is not a myth.

A lot of small business depend on those employed by large corporations for their very existence.

Are you implying; they (small business) didn't build that?

Food Safety.
Ag-gag laws threaten our food supply:
Various exposés of factory farms and slaughterhouses have revealed the extent to which our
meat, eggs and milk are mishandled.
Mishandling animal products, including mishandling farm animals while they are alive,
invites health risks including salmonella, mad cow disease and other potentially
fatal illnesses
that may be transmitted to consumers.​

ALEC "literally kills women, kills children, kills senior citizens" and-----and ALEC is literally making your family sick.


ALEC Goes After Your Food

February 13th, 2014
By Anna Meyer

The anti-regulation, pay-to-play group ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) is infamous for pushing “Stand Your Ground” gun laws, anti-worker and anti-voter legislation, and trying to repeal renewable energy laws. But lately ALEC’s been busy trying to help the Foodopoly maintain its stranglehold on the American food system, despite the fact that it’s making us sick.

ALEC is pushing hard to thwart attempts to rein in antibiotic abuse on factory farms with its Resolution on Animal Antibiotic Use. Their resolution supports the continued overuse of antibiotics for nontherapeutic reasons in livestock feed, a practice that is commonly used to make up for filthy and inhumane living conditions on factory farms and has been linked to antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Continued overuse of antibiotics has resulted in the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, or superbugs, which decrease antibiotics’ effectiveness in fighting infections (read about our campaign to end the misuse of antibiotics on factory farms here). Despite a 2013 Centers for Disease Control report linking superbugs with antibiotic misuse on factory farms and nearly 40 years of medical research including DNA analysis, the ALEC resolution tries to blame the 2 million people who become infected with resistant bacteria and the 23,000 people who die as a result of these infections every year solely on the use of antibiotics in human medicine. Doctors disagree.

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