ALEC, AJEC and other Mutations that get Judges to Legalize Theft
What the Koch Brothers and other corporate and billionaire members of ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) did with lawmakers (legislators), they are now doing with judges (the judiciary) for personal profit at the expense of middle class public employees – especially the main target, active and retired teachers.
[Idea: Let's simply call this new group AJEC, the American Judicial Exchange Council. Plutocrats buying judges. Is "buy" too strong a word?]
Unfortunately, this in no joke.
“As state courts across the nation prepare to referee numerous public pension reform disputes, a gaggle of interested parties — from major corporations to the Koch brothers — (are sponsoring) an expenses-paid conference on public pension reform for judges who may decide the cases’ fates.
Conference funders, which include ExxonMobil, Google and Wal-Mart, could benefit from efforts to slash benefits for public employees. Alternative approaches to shore up state budgets would likely require higher corporate taxes, fewer corporate subsidies… all of which would be bad for business.”
Read the full Huffington Post article HERE.
Conference funders, which include ExxonMobil, Google and Wal-Mart, could benefit from efforts to slash benefits for public employees. Alternative approaches to shore up state budgets would likely require higher corporate taxes, fewer corporate subsidies… all of which would be bad for business.”
Read the full Huffington Post article HERE.
Where is the Judicial Symposium on the Economics and Law of Public Pension Reform being held? In the luxurious Colonial Ballroom of the Francis Marion Hotel in Charleston, South Carolina. April 27-29, 2014.
Read the actual agenda from the symposium organizers HERE.
Read the names and credentials of the Plutocrats’ speakers HERE.
Read the summary of purpose HERE.
Excerpt: “The Judicial Symposium on the Economics and Law of Public Pension Reform will discuss the looming financial and structural crisis facing state pensions systems across the nation. With several dozen states adopting modest to major reforms, the economic impact on plan