Recently, when the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) came under fire from the left, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation withdrew its funding for the conservative group. Why did the foundation fund ALEC in the first place? A closer look at Gates Foundation and its growing influence reveals often-overlooked side effects of philanthropies.

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