Michigan Republicans introduce cut-and-pasted ALEC “forced privatization” legislation

How creative, how transparent…

Last week, State Rep. Greg MacMaster introduced legislation being described as a “forced privatization bill” that is essentially cut-and-pasted from model legislation developed by the corporatist American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). The new bill, H.B. 4549, is strikingly similar to ALEC’s “Public-Private Fair Competition Act” (pdf).

Click through for details on this hypocritical Republican move.

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