In response to pressure from several progressive organizations - and an exodus of corporate members - the American Legislative Exchange Council announced on Tuesday it's dismantling its non-economic taskforces responsible for writing radical legislation like "Shoot First" laws and "Voter ID" laws.
While this is a small progressive victory - ALEC promises to continue writing economic legislation that repeals environmental regulations, busts up unions, and gives massive tax breaks to the Romney-rich in America. Not only that - even though ALEC is ending its non-economic task forces - the damage has already been done. Seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin is dead in Florida thanks to ALEC's Shoot First law - and millions of Democratic voters will be disenfranchised this election because of ALEC's Voter ID laws.
So let's not celebrate ALEC's decision yesterday - let's take it as a sign that we need to work even harder to expose the American corporatocracy that's been working in the shadows for the last 30 years.
-Thom
(What difference do you think this will make? Tell us here.)
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