Ua lilo ka hale hoʻokipa o ka pū ma lalo o ke kukui no kāna kuleana i ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo "Stand Your Ground" a i ʻole "Shoot First" kānāwai e pale ai i ke kanaka nāna i pana a pepehi iā Trayvon Martin he ʻumikūmāhiku makahiki ma Florida - akā he nui nā mea kūikawā ʻē aʻe. Ua kōkua pū kekahi me nā inoa ʻohana e like me Kraft Foods a me Wal-Mart i ka hoʻolaha ʻana o kēia mau kānāwai a me nā kānāwai ʻē aʻe ma ke kālā ʻana i ka American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).
ʻO Paul Krugman ka mea hoʻokele waiwai lanakila no ka Nobel Prize ʻikeʻia keia pule ma ka New York Times, ka Center for Media and Democracy's hana e wehe ana i ka ALEC ua hou ʻia i loko o ka pale o ka hūnā e pili ana i ka ʻae ʻia ʻana o nā bila "model" e like me ka NRA-conceived "Stand Your Ground" / "Shoot First" i nā hālāwai pani puka o nā hui a me nā kālai'āina a laila hoʻokau ʻia ma ka ʻāina.
Akā, e like me ka CMD i palapala ma o ALECexposed.org, ka ʻAhahui Rifle Aupuni ʻAʻole (NRA) wale nō ka hoihoi kūikawā i kākoʻo i nā hana a ALEC i nā makahiki. ʻO Kraft, Wal-Mart, Kūlana Moku'āina, a me nā hui kaulana ʻē aʻe he mau lālā o ka ALEC a hāʻawi i nā kaukani kālā i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ka ALEC e kākoʻo i kāna hana, e noho ma luna o kāna papa, e koho i kāna mau pūʻulu hana, a e komo i nā luna kānāwai ma o nā hālāwai ALEC ma nā hale hoʻokipa nani. Ma luna o 98 pakeneka o ka waihona kālā makahiki $7 miliona a ALEC mai nā hui a me nā kumu ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka $50 o nā uku makahiki i uku ʻia e kona mau lālā kau kānāwai. No ka mea, ʻo ALEC ʻo ka nui o ka hui kālā, ma o ke kākoʻo kālā o kekahi o nā hui nui loa o ka honua e hiki ai i nā bila hoʻohālike ALEC ke hoʻolaha a puni ka ʻāina.
Ua kapa ʻia ʻo CMD iā ALEC he "mill bill mill" no ka mea e maʻalahi ia i nā ʻoihana like Wal-Mart a me nā pono kūikawā e like me ka NRA ka waiho ʻana i kā lākou papa inoa makemake i nā lima o nā luna kānāwai o ka mokuʻāina a hoʻopaʻa ʻia ko lākou makemake i mau bila hoʻohālike e hoʻoholo ʻia ma nā hale mokuʻāina a puni ka ʻāina. Ma waho aʻe o ka bila Florida i kapa ʻia e ALEC a me ka NRA "Kāwai Kānāwai Kakela," Ua lawelawe ʻia nā bila hoʻohālike ALEC ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻohālike no nā kānāwai "ID koho". i kāhili i ka ʻāina i ka makahiki 2011, no ka nā polokalamu "voucher". e hoonaauao ana i ka lehulehu, no ka mea nā bila kūʻē i ke kaiapuni, kānāwai kūʻē i ka malihini, a no ka nalu o kānāwai kūʻē i ka poʻe hana i hoʻoikaika ʻia i ka makahiki i hala ma Wisconsin, Ohio, New Hampshire, Indiana, a me ka mea hou loa, ma Arizona.
ʻO nā hālāwai ALEC Task Force, kahi i ʻae mua ʻia ai nā bila hoʻohālike paʻa i ka paʻi a me ka lehulehu, akā, ʻo nā hui a me nā pono kūikawā e like me ka Wal-Mart "He LEO a he BALOTA," ma ka olelo a ALEC, me na luna i kohoia. ʻAʻole wale ka koho balota o nā ʻelele hui ma ke kānāwai hoʻohālike me nā luna kānāwai ma nā pūʻulu hana ALEC, hāʻawi pū kekahi mau hui i nā makana i ka waihona kālā "scholarship" ALEC no nā luna i koho ʻia e hele i nā hālāwai ALEC ma nā hōkele. Ma lalo o nā kānāwai i paʻi ʻia e ALEC, he "kuleana" ko kēlā me kēia mokuʻāina ka luna kau kānāwai e ʻohi kālā mai nā hui ALEC no kēia mau kālā huakaʻi. (Ua loaʻa iā CMD ua hoʻopiʻi me ka Papa Hoʻokohu Aupuni o Wisconsin e pili ana i ka ʻike ʻana o nā haʻawina ALEC e hōʻino i nā loina a me nā kānāwai lobbying.)
Haʻaheo ʻo ALEC no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā lālā hui 300, me kahi kokoke i ʻelua kakini hui e noho ana ma ka ALEC Private Enterprise Board. Wahi a nā kānāwai i paʻi ʻia e ALEC, hui pū kēia Papa me kāna papa o nā luna kānāwai o ka mokuʻāina "ʻāpana lehulehu".
Ma waho aʻe o nā mea hoʻopiʻi maʻamau e like me Koch Industries, Exxon Mobil, a Altria/Phillip Morris, na lala hui o ia papa komo pū nā ʻoihana like ʻole nona nā huahana i ʻike nui ʻia. ʻO Coca-Cola a me ka mea hana kipi lolouila Intel Ua noho lāua ma ka papa o ALEC i ka makahiki i hala i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ai ʻo CMD iā ALECexposed.org a hoʻomaka i ka hōʻike ʻana i nā hui e hiki ai i ka papahana ALEC. I kēia manawa, loaʻa i ka Papa ka mea hana mac-and-cheese ʻO Kraft Foods, ka " hoalauna maikaʻi " Kūlana Moku'āina, nunui moku UPS, a me ka hui waiona hui honua Diageo (ʻike ʻia no nā hōʻailona e like me Johnny Walker, Tanqueray, Smirnoff, a me Guinness). 'O VerizonʻO Ron Scherbele ka Luna Hoʻokele mua o ALEC, ma hope o kona noho ʻana ma Verizon ma ka Papa no nā makahiki.
ʻO nā lālā ʻē aʻe o ka ALEC Private Enterprise Board kekahi pilikua kelepona ʻOi & T a me nā hui lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ʻO Bayer a GlaxoSmithKline, pū me ka hui lobby ʻoihana lāʻau PhRMA. (PhRMA kekahi ua hāʻawi aku ma luna o $350,000 i ke kālā haʻawina a ALEC ma 2010 wale nō.)
Wal-Mart He lālā nō hoʻi ia o ka Papa ALEC, a i ka makahiki 2005, ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka ALEC Task Force nāna i hōʻoia i ke kānāwai e pale aku ai i ka mea pepehi iā Trayvon Martin a me nā mea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻole. ʻO Wal-Mart nō hoʻi ka mea kūʻai nui aku i nā pu raifela a me nā mea kaua ma US
Me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ALECexposed.org, CMD, a me nā hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka Color of Change, Common Cause, People for the American Way, Progress Now, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻomaka i kahi hoʻolaha ʻoihana e mālama i nā alakaʻi ʻoihana o ALEC i ke kuleana no ke kānāwai i hopena ʻia. mai ka hale wili pila ALEC.
Nui nā kamaʻāina i pane mai ma ke kelepona ʻana i nā hui ALEC, e hoʻāʻo pinepine nei e hōʻole i kekahi kuleana no nā bila ALEC. Koch Industries Ua hoʻopuka wale ʻo ia i kahi koi, ʻoiai ʻo kāna kuleana alakaʻi lōʻihi ma ke ʻano he lālā o ka papa hui ALEC, a ʻoiai ʻo ia i alakaʻi i ka papa ma mua. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Koch, ua kūʻē ʻo ia i ka bila NRA ma Florida, akā i ka manawa like, e noho ana kekahi ʻelele Koch ma ka papa hui o ALEC (a ʻoi aku ia no nā makahiki he ʻumi), a ʻo Koch Industries a me nā kumu ʻohana ʻo Koch ke hoʻolako kālā nei i ka ALEC. nā hana. I kēia manawa, ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻo ALEC i ka nui o nā bila pū ma ke ʻano he "model" mokuʻāina, me ke kānāwai e hoʻonui ana i ka lawe huna ʻana a me ka ʻae ʻana i nā pū ma nā pā kula a me ka bila Stand Your Ground/Shoot First/Castle Doctrine. A he nui nā luna kānāwai o ka ALEC i kākoʻo i kēia mau bila e lilo i kānāwai ma nā mokuʻāina a puni ka ʻāina.
Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe pinepine ʻo ALEC ma kahi o hoʻokahi kaukani o kāna mau bila e hoʻokomo ʻia i kēlā me kēia makahiki a he 20 pakeneka lilo i kānāwai. ʻO nā hui like Koch Industries a Wal-Mart ua kōkua i ka hana ʻana ma o kā lākou kākoʻo kālā lōʻihi o ALEC.
Hiki ke nānā ʻia kahi papa inoa o nā hui ALEC i kēia manawa a i hala ʻaneʻi.
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