Vital Signs: State GOP health bills mirror model ALEC legislation

Vital Signs: State GOP health bills mirror model ALEC legislation

"Many of those helping to craft this legislation are from the private sector. The brochure promises its membership from the private sector, which includes business leaders, industry executives, and others wealthy enough to pay annual dues that can reach thousands and even tens of thousands of dollars a year, "an unparalleled opportunity to have its voice heard, and its perspective appreciated, by the legislative members."

Anti-cuts march swells to 400,000 | World news | guardian.co.uk

Anti-cuts march swells to 400,000 | World news | guardian.co.uk

"Barber is expected to tell this afternoon's rally in Hyde Park that there is an alternative to the "brutal" spending cuts, which have already led to the threat of 170,000 council job losses and another 50,000 elsewhere in the public sector."