You can listen to two 10-minute segments of a secretly taped conversation in which Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker gushes about his bust-the-union strategies with a prankster playing the role of David Koch, the billionaire patron of Americans for Prosperity and numerous politicians. Walker describes various plans to trick and pressure Democrats; he encourages Koch to fund anti-union issue advertising and discusses the use of agent provocateurs to create havoc among the peaceful pro-union protesters; and he welcomes Koch’s offer of a free trip to California after his victory. The depth of right-wing financial support for Walker goes beyond the Koch brothers to a wider network carrying the torch of the rapid John Birch Society. But the Koch brothers have a special relationship with Walker, and now it turns out Walker’s state budget includes a provision that could help Koch industries take over various state heating and energy operations through a no-bid deal. Money doesn’t just get the ear of the governor you install in office, but profits from the public resources of his state.
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There are some serious conflicts of interest with the public sector unions. Franklin Rooseveldt warned us of this when he was president. Don’t you reckon public sector unions is a detriment to democracy now? They want collective bargaining and the Democrats give them the generous benefits which is now proven to be unsustainable with the state governments. Nobody is representing the tax payers in these negotiations.
Is anyone at Democracy NC concerned with our democracy when one party (Democrats) flees the legislature to prevent a vote from happening? This was also done in the state of Texas recently. I note that only Democrats are doing this. When Republicans were in the minority, they showed up and did their job. This type of behavior threatens our democracy. Why are there no statements from Democracy NC on this shameful behavior?
The Koch Brothers are not backing down from supporting free enterprise policies.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/260685/koch-executives-speak-out-wisconsin-robert-costa
Actually democracy is well served with the Koch Brothers contributing to politics that favor free enterprise as a counter balance to groups like the Unions and Moveon.org and George Soros funded groups who favor socialist policies.