The Kochs have a message for Hispanics: Not all Republicans are like Trump
By Annie Linskey GLOBE STAFF MARCH 16, 2018
ORLANDO — On an evening here last week, Allison Martin, who works for a group backed by two of the wealthiest men on the planet, pitched Hispanic immigrants on the benefits of a $1.5 trillion tax cut President Trump signed into law last year.
She handed out worksheets. She calculated savings on a whiteboard. She even used a translator so her Spanish-speaking audience of 20 people could follow along.
“We are journeying toward economic freedom,” said Martin, a Florida-based staffer with one of the many organizations controlled by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch. “When we are journeying toward economic freedom, we need money.” The audience nodded in agreement.
It’s no accident that the Koch apparatus is targeting this audience: Hispanics who have recently arrived in Florida and have every reason to disdain the country’s harsh-on-immigration, paper-towel-tossing president. The Koch groups, in a subtle but shrewd tactical move, are trying to build a bulwark against the Trump-fueled erosion of support among Hispanics in key states like this one. And they’re trying to prove that their key priority, the massive tax cut, should be popular with immigrant newcomers and the economically struggling. After funding the Tea Party movement that ushered in an era of complete Republican control of the federal government, the Koch groups spent millions of dollars lobbying for this tax cut.
Their privately held company has benefited from it to the tune of more than $1 billion a year, according to one estimate by a left-leaning group.
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There is ONE LARGE GROUP of Hispanics who "recently arrived in Florida" and they are from Puerto Rico, an island that was utterly devastated - not only by mother nature, but by the ilk that got elected in 2016 that made their misery worse by full-force utilizing supply-side bullshit as the response to handling the catastrophe. And then they went on to delay substantial enough disaster aid until 6 months after the event.
The example of GOP cronyism and malfeasance -
The company, located in Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's hometown, had only two full-time employees when Maria struck but says its plans call for ramping up rapidly by hiring short-term contract workers.
https://www.pressherald.com/2017/10/24/small-montana-firm-lands-puerto-ricos-biggest-contract-to-get-the-power-back-on/
If they think they are stupid enough to go along with this, then they are in for a rude awakening.
We need to send a clear message to all minorities as to the real effects of the tax bill in the long-term. Let's hope our Democratic Party leaders are aware of this scam, and implement counter attacks.
Their tax bill is a lot like sex or getting drunk - feels really good for a little while, but watch out for the lasting consequences, LOL.
Expensive vote plan
