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Give me, give me, give me, says the GOP.
You got it, say rightwing billionaires |
"We’re helping (Scott Walker), as we should. We’ve gotten pretty good at this over the years. We’ve spent a lot of money in Wisconsin. We’re going to spend more." - David Koch (Singer. Palm Beach Post; February 20, 2012)
Koch, it was revealed last year, also boasted of
siphoning money into the campaigns of Wisconsin GOP senators as well.
Republicans have gotten
pretty good at being the post-Citizens United party of billionaires, grabbing up money in a period in which concentration of wealth is worse than in the Gilded Age.
Republicans maintain their alliance with
the religious right and
Catholic Church out of practical political necessity. The same with gun manufacturers. (See today's
Homeowner Shoots and Kills Teen Who Entered Wrong Home After Party.)
But GOP hearts are where they get their money—rightwing billionaires like Christopher Cline of Cline Research and Development (Mining), the Koch brothers, Diane Hendricks, and rightwing forces such as
Sheldon Adelson, and assorted other
billionaires funneling money into Super PACs.
For Republicans, Wisconsin, the United States, public land, the public school system, anything they can get their hands on are for sale.
One Wisconsin Democrat, Sen. Lena Taylor (Milwaukee) has her hands out and wants to suck in
some of the anti-public school, rightwing money as Taylor apes her GOP colleagues.
Let's hope Taylor is an aberration. We know Scott Walker, Paul Ryan and hacks such as Pennsylvania Republican Governor Tom Corbett are the norm.
