Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Are You a Leeming or a Leader?

The dialogue in America is being bought and paid for with significant dollars from conservative corporate interests. The people who pay less percentage of taxes than you do, are able to line politicians election war chests with lots of dollars and then call in the return-favor of legislation that feeds their corporate greed.

The new Republican House does not care about you, it cares about it's donors. The rhetoric of protecting you by repealing Health Care Reform - which does protect you - is an example of making people believe they are looking out for individual Americans when they are looking out for their corporate donors in the Health Care Industry.

Wake up America, remember it's "We the People", not "We the Corporation", not "We the Moneyed Rich", not "We the Exceptional Few". It's "We the People". Look at how those with greedy intentions are creating a climate of of "We the People with Money who can Buy Politicians. Let's reclaim our right as the true power of this wonderful democratic Republic.

Let's look at one of the most prominent abusers of wealth and influence in American politics.

1930: Fred Koch builds the first of 15 oil refineries for Soviet leader Joseph Stalin

1935 & 1940: Charles and David Koch are born.

1958: Fred Koch co-founds the John Birch Society to purify America and influence right-wing politics.

1967: Charles and David inherit $300 million from their father which they parlay into billions.

1977: Charles co-founds the Cato Institute which became the most effective right wing front group pushing to end social security, deny climate change and cut public education.

1980: David Koch runs for President on a platform of eliminating Social Security, eliminating the minimum wage and eliminating corporate taxes. He gets 1% of the vote.

1990: David Koch founds Citizens for the Environment which has a platform to deny acid rain, it also does not have any citizen members who are not billionaire supporters.

1997-2008: Koch industries donates $48 million to climate change denial groups.

1998: Koch-funded Mercatus Center hires economists who argue that smog helps prevent skin cancer.

2001: Koch Industries is fined $30 million dollars for over 300 oil spills and for stealing oil from federal and Indian lands. This is the largest fine ever levied under the Clean Water Act.

2004: David Koch founds Americans for Prosperity and FreedomWorks. FreedomWorks will go on to found the Tea Party.

2010: New York magazine calls David Koch the "tea party's wallet". In response David claims he's never been to a tea party event and no one from the tea party has every approached him.

January 2011: The Koch Brothers and other right-wing billionaires are meeting in Palm Springs to plan the next phase of their pro-corporate agenda. See LA Times Article

The saddest part is how many non-billionaire Americans are taken in by the rhetoric bought and paid for by these corporatists who don't care about America or Americans. See more at: Koch Brothers

Charles and David Koch have been buying elections for the last 40 years and using their influence to create a government that supports their corporate interests and unfettered ability to make money without regard for We the People or our planet.

It's up to We the People to stand up to these interests and the shyster politicians they own. Make American great for the people and the planet.



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