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As stated by the blog ‘Badger Democracy’ on July 18, 2011, “The bill would repeal virtually all State oversight of public project worker wages, and drastically change the current law…The effect and language of this bill follows the ALEC model perfectly. It removes virtually all state oversight of public works contracted labor. The law will allow private companies to hire sub-standard, under-qualified laborers at a fraction of the cost, reaping record profits with no state reporting in labor wage practices. The Private Sector will profit at the expense of taxpayers, and the displaced, qualified workers who USED to perform those jobs. These policies always cost the State money as projects run over cost, accidents increase, and lack of accountability leads to corruption.
The players introducing the bill have a confirmed, direct link to ALEC – [[Robin Vos]], ALEC State Chair (accepted an undisclosed amount of money from ALEC for re-election), [[Patricia Strachota]] (received $1404 in ALEC campaign funds), and [[Dan Knodl]]($2000 in ALEC campaign funds). In addition, the following State Senators are co-sponsors (who have all used taxpayer money to pay their ALEC dues) – [[Mary Lazich]], [[Terry Moulton]], [[Pam Galloway]], [[Glenn Grothman]], [[Frank Lassee]], and [[Neal Kedzie]].”<ref>[http://bdgrdemocracy.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/new-alec-bill-in-committee-means-drastic-prevailing-wage-law-changes/ “New ALEC Bill in committee means drastic Prevailing Wage law changes.”] Badger Democracy. BdgrDemocracy.WordPress.Com. July 18, 2011. Accessed Aug. 1, 2011.</ref>
==Assembly Bill 85 and the ALEC Model “Capital Gains Tax Elimination Act”==