Tyler August

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Tyler August is a Republican member of the Wisconsin state Assembly, representing District 32, which is located in southeastern Wisconsin. [1] He sits on the following Committees: Consumer Protection and Personal Privacy, Homeland Security and State Affairs, and Insurance.[2]

August was reelected on November 6, 2012.[3]

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council

Rep. August is a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council’s International Relations Task Force and Federal Relations Working Group Task Force. In 2009-2010 he attended ALEC's 2010 States & Nation Policy Summit. In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Rep. August co-authored 8 bills that reflect ALEC models, according to an analysis by the Center for Media and Democracy. 

About ALEC
ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our ExposedbyCMD.org site.

Assembly Bill 85 and the ALEC Model “Capital Gains Tax Elimination Act”

August was a co-introducer of Assembly Bill 85, described the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau as follows: "This bill reverses the changes made to the taxation of capital gains in the 2009−11 biennial budget act and restores the income tax exclusion for capital gains to 60 percent of the net long−term capital gains realized from the sale of assets held more than one year and the sale of all assets acquired from a decedent and repeals the separate 60 percent exclusion for farm assets."[4] (AB 85)* (Compare with ALEC's “The Capital Gains Tax Elimination Act.”)

About ALEC
ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our ExposedbyCMD.org site.

References

  1. “Biography – Tyler August.” Wisconsin State Legislature. Legis.Wisconsin.Gov. Accessed Aug. 1, 2011.
  2. “Tyler August – 2011-2012 Committee Assignments.” Wisconsin State Legislature. Legis.Wisconsin.Gov. Accessed Aug. 1, 2011.
  3. Wisconsin Vote, 2012 Election Results, accessed November 27, 2012.
  4. “2011 Assembly Bill 85.” Wisconsin State Legislature. Legis.Wisconsin.Gov. Accessed Aug. 1, 2011.