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Mitch McConnell caught Promising Billionaires he’ll Enrich them at our Expense
Mitch McConnell caught Promising Billionaires he’ll Enrich them at our Expense
By Juan Cole | Aug. 28, 2014
By Nicole Girard via Liberals Unite
Mitch McConnell really does not care about our problems. The way he talks about the needs of average Americans, you’d think we were his sworn, personal enemy.
At a Koch Brothers Summit in Dana Point, California this summer, the conscience-less, corporate shill basically promised our country’s head on a gold platter to his billionaire gang of perverse, psychotic donors.
In a leaked audio-recording, the Kentucky Republican swore to devote himself to the singular task of more fully lining the pockets of his audience: people so rich they could survive any tragedy, any sort of economic downturn, another of McConnell’s government shut-downs, effortlessly and without a care.
His words are revealing:
No money can be spent to do this or to do that.