What even I didn't see coming was that the Koch Brothers established a lobbying group that sit just across from Capitol Square. The article also shows the tight relationship between the Koch Brothers, their front group, Americans for Prosperity and Walker:
The billionaire brothers whose political action committee gave Gov. Scott Walker $43,000 and helped fund a multi-million dollar attack ad campaign against his opponent during the 2010 gubernatorial election have quietly opened a lobbying office in Madison just off the Capitol Square.
Charles and David Koch, who co-own Koch Industries Inc. and whose combined worth is estimated at $43 billion, have been recently tied with Walker's push to eliminate collective bargaining rights for public workers. The two have long backed conservative causes and groups including Americans for Prosperity, which organized the Tea Party rally Saturday in support of Walker's plan to strip public workers of collective bargaining rights and recently launched the Stand with Scott Walker website.Now the connection between the three has been well known for years. And it would make sense for the Koch-heads to make sure that there investment comes to fruition.
What does surprise me is that Walker made them rent a place and just not set up shop in his office. After all, they helped buy it for him.
You know, perhaps the thought that he was prepping for a presidential bid was there in the back of my mind for a while now, but I for the most discounted it. This, for me, set off the bells. I'm thinking this is the nascent campaign staff.
ReplyDeleteSo, please tell me how this, Koch, is any different that Soros and the guy that runs the Daily Kos?
ReplyDeleteSounds like he is just a mini version of soros and Kos, even if what you say is true.
Soros and Kos spend a lot of money to support their candidates/causes, yes, but they do not buy them in order to make personal profit, like the Koch-heads do.
ReplyDeleteSorry, Dan, but you have to do better than quoting those screw ups at Badger Blogger.
@Dan 7:33PM
ReplyDeleteThe difference is the the Republicans in the State Legislature giving away their legislative oversight responsibilities and are authorizing Walker to unilaterally allow his bought and paid for Facilities Manager, Jeffrey Plale to sell off state owned assets in no bid contracts, for a song to these Koch brothers (have you ever heard of Google) in the so-called budget repair bill.
Koch funded Americans for Prosperity just put out another $350K (K=$1000, Dan) to fund the latest pro-Walker commercial supposedly worrying about the future of WI children with all those "bad," Democrats not playing along with Walker's power grab.
I see the Dissent at your blog, but the "Cognitive" is blatantly absent.
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