Wisconsin Prepares to Hand Half-Million in Taxpayer Funds to Koch-Tied GOP Lobby Shop

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If the grant is approved, United Sportsmen will receive $450,000 in every two-year budget for perpetuity.

Many have noticed how odd it is for a Tea Party-connected group opposed to government spending to turn around and use their political connections to ask for a handout.

"How ironic that this phony front group, with such close ties to Americans for Prosperity -- which professes to be in favor of cutting government spending -- would burden Wisconsin taxpayers in this manner," says Common Cause Wisconsin's Heck. "They should have asked the Koch Brothers -- who finance AFP -- for the handout instead."