ALEC Applauds While Bush Dreams

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This week George W. Bush spoke at annual conference of the American Legislative Exchange Council which serves as a meeting point for conservative legislators. Bush praised ALEC because of its "results-oriented nature". The role of government, Bush said, "is to create an environment in which the entrepreneurial spirit can flourish, in which dreamers can be -- realize big dreams". ALEC is funded by some conservative "dreamers" including the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and corporations such as ExxonMobil. In his speech Bush said he was working to promote "personal accounts" for Social Security as well as "safe, clean nuclear power" and the "wise" burning of coal "so that we can protect our environment."