{"id":5215,"date":"2011-06-26T02:58:17","date_gmt":"2011-06-26T09:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5215"},"modified":"2011-06-26T02:58:17","modified_gmt":"2011-06-26T09:58:17","slug":"does-your-governor-suck-koch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/26\/does-your-governor-suck-koch\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Your Governor Suck Koch?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republican Governors are despoiling our nation though their schemes to reward the super rich and corporate criminals, coupled with draconian cuts of services to everyone else, especially the neediest, and assaults on workers rights.  Because the Koch Brothers may be the lowest common denominator between them, the AFLCIO has presented a list of eight ways to see if your governor has a Koch problem.  Here are the first four.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"26koch\"The addiction of governors across the country to the Koch brothers\u2019 agenda seems to be growing stronger every day. Here are some warning signs your governor might have a Koch problem:<\/p>\n

1.  Are they planning on attending the upcoming Koch brothers invitation-only strategy session in ritzy Vail, Colorado<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has already confirmed his attendance<\/strong>.  Just because your governor hasn\u2019t announced his or her attendance doesn\u2019t mean he or she is not planning on going.  The Koch brothers hold biannual seminars<\/a> but like to keep their strategy sessions secret so they don\u2019t out their followers<\/strong>. If you have the opportunity, ask them!<\/p>\n

2. Did your governor support attacks on collective bargaining rights for public service workers?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Koch brothers\u2019 front group, Americans for Prosperity, pushed attacks on the collective bargaining rights of firefighters, teachers, nurses, police officers and other public service workers in Wisconsin and Ohio and other states.  During the Wisconsin struggle, Gov. Scott Walker was recorded taking a call from a prank caller<\/a> he thought was David Koch and openly discussed the assault on working families<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

3.  Is your governor pushing massive tax breaks that would benefit the Koch brothers and other corporate cronies<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

The Koch brothers fought hard for the Bush tax cuts to continue in December but they also took their fight for tax breaks for the rich to their Koch-addicted governors.  In Ohio, Gov. John Kasich taped a personal thank you video for Americans for Prosperity<\/a> for the group\u2019s work pushing a repeal of the estate tax, which would only benefit the rich in Ohio.<\/p>\n

4.  Was your governor working to destroy environmental standards that would pay for their Koch addiction<\/strong>?<\/p>\n

The Koch brothers\u2014who own stakes in companies that purchase oil, ethanol and toxic chemicals<\/a>\u2014have long advocated against environmental standards and regulations in order to enrich themselves.  Now, they are using their connections to governors like Scott Walker, John Kasich and Michigan Gov. John Snyder to push through their agenda to destroy policies that keep our neighborhoods free of pollution and water safe to drink<\/strong>\u2026 [emphasis added]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The other four are just as good.  Click through to the original article to read them.<\/font><\/p>\n

Koch sucking governors have one thing in common.  They need a job change.  There is only one position for which they are fit: unemployed.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Republican Governors are despoiling our nation though their schemes to reward the super rich and corporate criminals, coupled with draconian cuts of services to everyone else, especially the neediest, and assaults on workers rights.  Because the Koch Brothers may be the lowest common denominator between them, the AFLCIO has presented a list of eight ways […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}