Senator Sanders: The Koch Brothers and the Puppets They Control

[ProSense]

The Koch Brothers and the Puppets They Control

The Koch brothers for decades operated in the shadows of American public life while pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into front groups promoting what Sen. Bernie Sanders has called the “billionaire agenda.” Now Republicans are trying to silence Koch brother critics like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. So what are the Republicans trying to hide? It’s not well known, but David Koch was the 1980 Libertarian Party candidate for vice president. He campaigned on a platform that called for abolishing taxes on the wealthy and profitable corporations, shutting down Medicare and Medicaid, repealing Social Security, putting the Postal Service out of business and doing away with the minimum wage. “They want to repeal every major piece of legislation over the past 80 years that protects the middle class, the elderly, the children, the sick and the most vulnerable in our country,” Bernie said. Once Americans know what the Koch brothers stand for, Sanders told Ed Schultz on Wednesday, they will stand up to them and to “the puppets that they control.”

Watch Bernie and Ed Schultz discuss the Koch brothers

Do you agree or disagree with the Koch brothers’ billionaire agenda?

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/the-koch-brothers-and-the-puppets-they-control

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[Skidmore]

1. Make this viral.

Any information which shines light on these brothers needs to get out there. Plaster it on FB, Twitter, comment boards, everywhere. Reference it in letters to editors. Email it to your contacts. People need to hear about the antics of these two often. Be part of getting rid of their influence and their puppets. Cut the strings.

[ProSense]

3. That would be great. n/t

[Skidmore]

4. People need to pass this on at the grassroots and not rely on

pols and pundits to educate their families and friends.The national and state parties should buy add time on specific Koch brother initiatives and hammer away on them. Best way to lose local control is to allow this pair to dictate your local political system and to tamper with the laws. Take a lesson from Coralville, IA. That town beat them back soundly.

[n2doc]

2. The thing is, if they were just ordinary grifters after money, that would be one thing

But these assholes also want to deny people rights, and hasten their deaths. Neither of which will make them a cent more. They are just plain Evil.