$700,000. Thats what Koch brothers say they will spend in Wisconsin to save their employee Gov. Walker from recall. More than 100 million rumors say they will spend to defeat Obama. Here on Tuesday in Wichita they backed (with page after page of adds in the paper) and won a special election held on a single hotel's right to use a special tax/loan that is used by local businesses like it was a coffee maker, the hoteler is a guy from Tulsa, I suspect an enemy of Kochs so they went after him on this when they themselves cash millions of government checks every year in their oil, coal, ranching, forest, chemical, plastic, and commodity speculating businesses. Surprise surprise they backed the ballot answer no, no vote is the easiest win these days.
Now I see they are suing to take over the Cato Institute. I am glad Cato is in the news. They are quoted and used by news media all the time as if they are a uninterested scientific organization, wrong, it is a business. It's purpose to write and market right wing libertarian bullshit and attack any and all regulations, safety, environmental and consumer friendly facts and legislation. They are a spin machine of the highest order, and Kochs owned around 25% of it, now want to run it all, this is their style, they want full control. Please be aware, any time you see Cato quoted as source or funder, your not getting the whole story, and they didn't provide it of the goodness of their hearts. I don't know who the other schmucks were that owned Cato with them, but they should have expected this.
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