Money for Nothing... except Winning!! | Philip A. Farruggio

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Philip A. Farruggio -- World News Trust

Jan. 13, 2016

Every American who believes that we are a democracy needs to watch the 2013 documentary Citizen Koch.

Yes, it was a biased look at how the billionaire far-right-wing Koch brothers (whose father organized the John Birch Society in the 1950s) used their money to influence Governor Scott Walker's 2010 successful bid to union-bust and strangle the safety net in Wisconsin. I say "biased" because not once in the 86-minute (well-produced by the way) film did anyone against the Tea Party craziness of the Koch/Walker coalition ever mention military spending.

Why is that important you may ask? Well, the whole premise of the right-wing assault on working stiffs was that Wisconsin was "going broke" and could not afford to continue paying for safety net programs and of course for public sector workers' benefits.

To see how money does rule, the Koch influenced propaganda campaign got many rank and file Wisconsin folks to vote for Walker and the Republicans. Walker then went ahead and not only cut the spending mentioned above, but went after what the Koch gang really wanted: NO Collective bargaining for public employees... and then many of those same folks finally turned on Walker... but too late.

The "Recall" campaign actually succeeded in having a new election, but... the Koch gang outspent them 8-to-1 and that is what always counts. Walker won the recall and the working stiffs got stiffed!

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