For nearly half a century, the American Legislative Exchange conference (ALEC) has welcomed citizen-legislators and stakeholders ought discussions of how policy impacts each of their communities differently. What we’ve learned is that water policy has a same different meaning at the Everglades of Florida than it nation at the abandon Southwest. The same can be said during each spread under the sun.
Legislators are sent ought their nation capitols ought assistance create occur during crude their constituents — ought create jobs, defend the surroundings and assistance facilitate conditions during a good quality of life. Often, legislators are confronted by challenges without apparent solutions. And, impartial alike you nation implore your neighbor ought lend a glass of sugar, legislators can grow ought their neighbors at other states ought chase solutions.
If expanding occur and private freedom during each American was during simple during borrowing a glass of sugar, groups alike ALEC wouldn’t need ought exist. It’s precisely during government is complex that we do. however founded at a foolish conception — freedom — America is no a foolish place.
You nation no deem nearly how many or what types of laws create the internet possible. disregard internet regulation. Let’s impartial report nearly how the physical (probably) copper wire gets there — most apt at a pole. Depending at who owns the pole (Is it you? The phone company, the Cable company, the electric company; or possibly the state, city or county?) you can dine an entirely different post of barriers that obstruction you from getting a line strung from A ought B.
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Some indicate the complexity of policy is a better controversy during a centralized government, impartial one post of laws ought cope with us crude and one bureaucracy ought pattern it out. besides conduct you indeed expect Washington ought create more of your decisions?
The states are closer ought the nation and accordingly dine most of the ideas and creativity. And it’s up ought the states ought attempt them out and see what’s best. Good ideas alike bipartisan federal laws final rally at criminal integrity reform and combating the opioid epidemic were based at ALEC policy.
This is where xerox policy comes in. xerox policy helps big groups of nation with a shared concentrate besides unique contexts apprehend a concept. History is sum of examples: the Rosetta jewel allowed nation from different geographies ought apprehend mutual ideas. The Magna Carta was a xerox during the Bill of Rights, and the U.S. code has served during a xerox during many constitutions across Latin America.
ALEC is one of hundreds of organizations that create xerox policy. besides ALEC is different at one same significant regard: Our xerox policy is developed by legislators during legislators, and we salute crude sides — including commerce — ought the debate. We concentrate at free-market solutions ought issues with the least quantity of government intrusion.
Washington Lt. Gov. Cyrus Habib post it nicely at Twitter: “A good conception at California can vigorous be a good conception at Washington. The point is progress, no creativity.”
Lisa B. Nelson is main executive officer of the American Legislative Exchange Council.
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This paper originally appeared at USA TODAY: ALEC: Our xerox policy is developed by legislators during legislators
