Thom Hartmann: Would you feed your kids rat poison? ALEC would...

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Run time: 07:32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ_rHcoDz7k   Posted on YouTube: December 08, 2011 By YouTube Member: TheBigPictureRT Views on YouTube: 137   Posted on DU: December 08, 2011 By DU Member: thomhartmann Views on DU: 948

 
Marie Diamond, Think Progress joins Thom Hartmann. In our "What is the shadowy right wing think tank knows as ALEC up to now" news - we focus on the issue of rat poison. For those of you who don't know - ALEC - short for the American Legislative Exchange Council - is an organization made up of right-wing politicians - lobbyists - and corporate CEOs - who all meet together to write legislation that benefits primarily the top 1%. That legislation is then given to state legislatures - where it is promptly passed by the very same Republican lawmakers who join in on the ALEC meet-ups with corporate fatcats and lobbyists. For example, ALEC is the driving force behind the new voter ID laws - it's behind state balanced budget amendments that make it impossible to raise taxes on the rich - and it's behind the war on the EPA. And now - ALEC is pushing back against new regulations intended to prevent children from getting sick from rat poison. That's right - when it comes down to children and rat poison - ALEC sides with rat poison.

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2. What future generation? They'll all be dead from rat poisoning.