Most Americans have never heard of the American Legislative Exchange Council. That is not an accident. It is a strategy. ALEC is not a lobbying firm, though it functions like one. It is not a political party, though it operates like one. It is not a government agency, though it writes the laws that govern millions of people's lives. ALEC is a pay-to-play operation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1973 that brings state legislators and private corporations into the same ro
