{"id":13183,"date":"2016-04-15T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/fact-check-on-alecs-claims-that-it-is-not-taxpayer-funded\/"},"modified":"2016-04-15T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T17:05:00","slug":"verificacion-de-hechos-sobre-las-afirmaciones-de-alec-de-que-no-esta-financiado-por-los-contribuyentes","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articles\/fact-check-on-alecs-claims-that-it-is-not-taxpayer-funded\/","title":{"rendered":"Verificaci\u00f3n de hechos sobre las afirmaciones de ALEC de que no est\u00e1 financiada por los contribuyentes"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13183","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"ALEC, taxpayer, corporations","featured_image":null,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":8296}"],"related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ya es bastante malo que el Consejo Americano de Intercambio Legislativo (ALEC) se disfrace de organizaci\u00f3n ben\u00e9fica para evadir impuestos mientras presiona a favor de leyes estatales que benefician a sus miembros corporativos. Pero mientras el resto de nosotros le enviamos nuestros cheques anuales al T\u00edo Sam este fin de semana, se sabe que Tennessee se ha unido a la lista de estados que realmente pagan al ALEC para apoyar su cabildeo.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">El peri\u00f3dico Nashville Tennessean informa que los legisladores del Estado Voluntario han aprobado un presupuesto que incluye un <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennessean.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2016\/04\/14\/senate-approves-budget-session-nears-close\/32583167\/\">Subvenci\u00f3n para contribuyentes $100,000<\/a> para ayudar a subsidiar una conferencia de ALEC que se celebrar\u00e1 en Nashville.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Esta peque\u00f1a estafa es un procedimiento operativo est\u00e1ndar para ALEC, que realiza la mayor parte de su lobby en hoteles resort, donde entretiene a legisladores estatales y promueve su agenda pro-empresarial lejos de las miradas indiscretas del p\u00fablico y la prensa.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">En respuesta a un art\u00edculo de investigaci\u00f3n de julio de 2015 de la estaci\u00f3n de televisi\u00f3n WXIA de Atlanta, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alec.org\/press-release\/july-2-alec-statement-on-wxia-atlanta\/\">ALEC afirm\u00f3<\/a> Que no est\u00e1 financiado por los contribuyentes para diferenciarse de otros grupos de pol\u00edticas estatales. Sin embargo, lo cierto es que ALEC recibe y se beneficia habitualmente del dinero de los contribuyentes. He aqu\u00ed c\u00f3mo:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Los contribuyentes financian las reuniones de ALEC, pagan las cuotas de los legisladores y los viajes a las conferencias de ALEC<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Cuando la ALEC celebr\u00f3 una conferencia en Filadelfia en 2007, los legisladores de Pensilvania incluyeron una partida presupuestaria de $50,000 en el presupuesto estatal para la reuni\u00f3n de la ALEC. Seg\u00fan... <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2011\/07\/28\/denvir_alec\/\">Sal\u00f3n<\/a>, que inclu\u00eda \u201c$30,450 por pechuga de pollo asada, $4,000 por filetes de queso Philly y $3,000 por piruletas de tarta de queso, todo pagado por los contribuyentes de Pensilvania\u201d.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/democracy-wire\/alec-runs-for-cover.html\/\">Los contribuyentes tambi\u00e9n pagan regularmente la factura<\/a> Para las cuotas de membres\u00eda y los viajes de los pol\u00edticos en la ALEC. En estados como Dakota del Sur, Pensilvania, Wisconsin, Tennessee y Kansas, los legisladores han recurrido al erario p\u00fablico para cubrir el costo de sus membres\u00edas en la ALEC. Los contribuyentes tambi\u00e9n suelen financiar los viajes de los legisladores a las conferencias de la ALEC, que suelen celebrarse en hoteles y resorts de lujo con ambiente vacacional.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Las corporaciones obtienen una exenci\u00f3n fiscal por financiar ALEC<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Los financiadores corporativos de ALEC, entre ellos Koch Industries, Exxon Mobil, Pfizer, AT&amp;T, UPS, Comcast, Chevron, Expedia y Verizon, pueden optar a una deducci\u00f3n de impuestos por su financiaci\u00f3n de ALEC. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9? Porque ALEC est\u00e1 registrada ante el IRS como una organizaci\u00f3n ben\u00e9fica exenta de impuestos, o una organizaci\u00f3n 501(c)(3). En 2012, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/asuntos-2\/more-democracy-reforms\/alec\/whistleblower-complaint\/\">Causa Com\u00fan present\u00f3 una denuncia de irregularidades<\/a> desafiando el estatus fiscal de ALEC, y junto con el Centro para los Medios y la Democracia, hemos presentado evidencia suplementaria en 2013 y 2015. Si el IRS determina que ALEC est\u00e1 violando su estatus fiscal, las corporaciones que tomaron una deducci\u00f3n de impuestos podr\u00edan tener que pagar impuestos atrasados por su financiaci\u00f3n de ALEC.<\/span><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/secure2.convio.net\/comcau\/site\/Advocacy;jsessionid=DE44362FE016002E394CBD67F4AA491B.app261a?pagename=homepage&amp;page=UserAction&amp;id=650&amp;s_subsrc=blog\">P\u00eddale al IRS que investigue a ALEC y exija cuentas a sus financiadores corporativos<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fact check on ALEC&rsquo;s claims that it is not taxpayer funded - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articulos-2\/verificacion-de-hechos-sobre-las-afirmaciones-de-alec-de-que-no-esta-financiado-por-los-contribuyentes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fact check on ALEC&rsquo;s claims that it is not taxpayer funded\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articulos-2\/verificacion-de-hechos-sobre-las-afirmaciones-de-alec-de-que-no-esta-financiado-por-los-contribuyentes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/fact-check-on-alecs-claims-that-it-is-not-taxpayer-funded\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/fact-check-on-alecs-claims-that-it-is-not-taxpayer-funded\/\",\"name\":\"Fact check on ALEC&rsquo;s claims that it is not taxpayer funded - 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