I'm Bill Moyers. It's good to have your ear. This week on Moyers & Company,

exposing the shadowy world of Alec, an update on the strategy to remake America, one statehouse

at a time.

I was stunned at the notion that politicians and corporate representatives, corporate lobbyists were

actually voting behind closed doors on these changes to the law.

Through Alec, you can change the whole country without ever going to Washington, without

ever having to go through a congressional hearing, without ever having to lobby on Capitol Hill, without ever having to talk through a congressional hearing without ever having to lobby on Capitol Hill,

without ever having to talk to a president.

There are some things in the United States like courts, legislatures, public education,

that really need to remain public. I mean, that's the heart of what we are as a democracy.

Thanks for joining us.

What if you were a corporation that stood to make a bundle if oil from the Canadian

tar sands was imported by the United States?

And what if you thought federal laws to protect the environment were going to stop that

oil importing from happening?

You'd set your sights on Washington, spread some money around inside the Beltway, our big

gun lobbyists to wine and dine the politicians, and stroke the regulators to let the free

market work.

Right?

Right.

You would do all that, but you wouldn't stop there.

You'd also take your battle to the states, because if you can get laws that serve your interest

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