Betsy DeVos Claims Philosophy of Margaret ‘Iron Lady’ Thatcher as Her Own

DeVos was in friendly territory when she spoke in Denver at the annual conference of ALEC, a powerful organization of corporate lobbyists and conservative state legislators who craft “model legislation” on issues important to them and then help shepherd through legislatures. ALEC calls itself “the largest nonpartisan, voluntary membership organization of state legislators dedicated to the principles of limited government, free markets and federalism,” while it has been called a “stealth business lobbyist” by the New York Times and “a corporate bill mill” by the watchdog nonprofit Center for Media and Democracy.