Koch Brothers Behind Wisconsin Effort To Kill Public Unions

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As the nation focuses on the efforts of Governor Scott Walker to take away collective bargaining rights from public employees in Wisconsin, new information is coming to light that reveals what is truly going on here.

Mother Jones is reporting that much of the funding behind the Walker for Governor campaign came from none other than uber-conservatives, the infamous Koch Brothers.

What’s more, the plan to kill the unions is right out of the Koch Brothers play book.

"Koch-backed groups like Americans for Prosperity, the Cato Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and the Reason Foundation have long taken a very antagonistic view toward public-sector unions. Several of these groups have urged the eradication of these unions. The Kochs also invited Mark Mix, president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, an anti-union outfit, to a June 2010 confab in Aspen, Colorado."

http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/02/18/koch-brothers-behind-wisconsin-effort-to-kill-public-unions/

Original article:

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/02/wisconsin-scott-walker-koch-brothers

Are you surprised? Why do the Kochs hate America?

[napi21]

1. Is that any surprise to anyone? I heard they were very supportive of

Walker and also the Pub gov's of Ohio, and several others. They are dtrmined to devastate the Dem Party and gain total superiority for te corporate rule of the USA.I can only hope the majority of people recognize that and vote acordingly to shut them out.

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2. I wonder what would happen if 40 thousand showed up

at their door. You think they might get the hint?

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3. Koch owns a coal company subsidiary with facilities in Green Bay, Manitowoc, Ashland and Sheboygan

Koch owns a coal company subsidiary with facilities in Green Bay, Manitowoc, Ashland and Sheboygan; six timber plants throughout the state; and a large network of pipelines in Wisconsin. While Koch controls much of the infrastructure in the state, they have laid off workers to boost profits. At a time when Koch Industries owners David and Charles Koch awarded themselves an extra $11 billion of income from the company, Koch slashed jobs at their Green Bay plant:

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6. Koch Brother Products

http://inspirationgreen.com/koch-brothers-products.html

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4. Koch Brothers were expecting the Tea-baggers to run with Union busting nationwide...

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5. The GOP formula is simple. Ruin the economy with tax cuts. Blame the resulting budget woes to go

after the poor and middle class and keep all the money.