July 19, 2011
Headlines
ALEC exposed: Milton Friedman's Little Shop of Horrors
MD: Scholar questions Frederick County’s move to privatization
CA: Costa Mesa barred from privatizing workforce -- for now
IL: Chicago to expand, outsource recycling
PA: Ending the state liquor store system will be good - for some communities
News summaries
ALEC exposed: Milton Friedman's Little Shop of Horrors
In lockstep, governors are reaching for an almost identical set of
"solutions," to their financial woes: massive tax breaks for big
corporations, constitutional amendments to prevent states from raising
revenue, the slashing of critical public services, the busting of
unions and the privatization of every possible aspect of government
including public schools -- long a Friedman agenda item...This week the
Center for Media and Democracy made available to the public over 800
ALEC "model" bills and resolutions on a new website, ALECexposed.org.
ALEC exposed: Milton Friedman's Little Shop of Horrors
MD: Scholar questions Frederick County’s move to privatization
CA: Costa Mesa barred from privatizing workforce -- for now
IL: Chicago to expand, outsource recycling
PA: Ending the state liquor store system will be good - for some communities
News summaries
ALEC exposed: Milton Friedman's Little Shop of Horrors
In lockstep, governors are reaching for an almost identical set of
"solutions," to their financial woes: massive tax breaks for big
corporations, constitutional amendments to prevent states from raising
revenue, the slashing of critical public services, the busting of
unions and the privatization of every possible aspect of government
including public schools -- long a Friedman agenda item...This week the
Center for Media and Democracy made available to the public over 800
ALEC "model" bills and resolutions on a new website, ALECexposed.org.
