Props to Progress Ohio for this great illustration of the Kochs' latest phony astroturf group. This one aims to beat back the SB5 referendum in November (yes, we're feeling confident that enough signatures will be collected by June 30). Ohioans are now strongly opposed to SB5, which strips government workers of their collective bargaining rights. But the Kochs and their ilk will spend big time to try to change those opinions. How...civic of them.
It shouldn't be a surprise that extremist plutocrats like the Kochs are funneling money into anti-middle class propaganda. Here's what they've done so far this year -- at least what we know about:
- On March 18, the Koch-funded FreedomWorks announced that it would pour $5.6 million into a vicious anti-union ad beginning immediately in Ohio. The ad tried to portray Ohio workers as violent thugs by depicting a California union member and a Massachusetts congressman.
- The DeVos (Amway billionaire) family's "American Federation for Children," which also gets Koch money, became a major financial supporter of the six Republican senators who face recall because of their support for
Koch whoreWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. AFC also paid for robo-calls telling Wisconsinites to oppose the recall of the Republican senators. - The Koch-supported "Club for Growth" paid for a Wisconsin radio ad supporting Walker's anti-worker budget plan. The ad aired BEFORE lawmakers even knew about the bill, let alone saw a copy of it.
- The Koch-supported Americans for Prosperity (Tea Party) paid to bus pro-Scott Walker demonstrators into Madison during a protest.
- The Koch-funded National Right to Work Committee paid canvassers to go door-to-door in the neighborhood of a New Hampshire state senator who opposes a right to work bill to destroy unions.
