The Koch Brothers Keep Trying To Purchase Wisconsin

You know, billionaires have it tough in this country. Most of their money gets taxed at 15%, while the rest of us pay higher. They have vacation homes in luxurious areas while the rest of us get foreclosed on. They get to own their companies and outsource the jobs, while the rest of us lose our jobs. They get to pollute the world while the rest of us have to live in it, without the profits. They can even spend millions to deny you health care. So rough.

In the case of the Koch brothers, they can even purchase a House of Representatives and Governors. Their rich enough to make sure guys get elected who will give them tax cuts, gut out the rights of their workers, and won't regulate them. Needless to say, amidst the drama of Wisconsin, it turns out that they are involved heavily in that state.

Koch Industries is a major player in Wisconsin: 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....

Koch Industries was one of the biggest contributors to Walker’s gubernatorial campaign, funneling $43,000 over the course of last year. In return, Koch front groups are closely guiding the Walker agenda. The American Legislative Exchange Council, another Koch-funded group, advised Walker and the GOP legislature on its anti-labor legislation and its first corporate tax cuts.

Oh of course. They would donate all the money to a guy who guts out the labor movement. Oh yeah, and of course, they would sponsor the rally to support that Governor, sending their "astroturf" movement, complete with buses to bring in people from wherever, to take on a genuine grassroots reaction to that Governor. I'm not for even a 35% tax rate, but with the Koch's, I wish the government had a 100% tax rate on them.