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8/3/2019 Cassutt Statement on CAE Report
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ForImmediateRelease
January26,2012
CONTACT:EricFought,612-223-4744,[email protected] or
KevinWhelan,612-325-9266,[email protected]
STATEMENTREGARDINGREPORTOFRADICALLYCONSERVATIVEGROUPONRIGHTTO
WORKLEGISLATION
RatherthanfocusoncreatinggoodjobsforMinnesotans,groupattacksthosewhomakeMinnesotawork
SaintPaulInapressconferenceattheStateOfficeBuilding,theradicallyconservativeCenterforthe
AmericanExperimentreleasedareportthismorningregardingthepotentialimpactofbuyingintothe
extremecorporategreedofthetopone-percentandsettingasideMinnesotaslongtraditionofstandingup
forworkers.
MinnesotansforaFairEconomyreleasedthefollowingstatementfromDirectorDonnaCassutt:
Today'sattackongoodjobsinMinnesotacomesfromthesameforcesofextremecorporategreedwhocrashedoureconomyandwipedoutourhomevalueswithrecklesslendingandstarvedour
schoolstogivetaxcutstothesuperrich.NowtheyhavecometoMinnesotaandwantustogiveupthe
abilitytoformunionsinourworkplacestoraisewagesandhaveavoiceonthejob.
TheCenterfortheAmericanExperiment'sreporthasallthecredibilityoftheBigBadWolfexplaining
thatbrickhouseshavegoneoutofstyle.Minnesotanswhohavebeenfightingforgoodjobsandafair
economyshouldregardtheiranti-unionrhetoricwithextremeskepticismatbest."
Inadditiontosupportingandadvocatingforanationwideattackonworkers,theCenterfortheAmerican
Experimentisontherecordsupportingtaxbreaksforcorporationsandtherichestone-percent.Thegroupis
closelytiedtotheAmericanLegislativeExchangeCouncil(ALEC)throughtheStatePolicyNetwork,which
pushesaradicalconservativeagendathroughstatelegislativebodies.
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MinnesotansforaFairEconomyWorkingtobuildaMinnesotawherethereisopportunityforeveryonetoworkhardandgetahead.
www.mnfaireconomy.org
