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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe fourth-richest men in America target low-wage workers, minority voters and unions
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/three-new-ways-the-koch-brothers-are-screwing-america-20140604
By Elisabeth Garber-Paul
June 4, 2014 10:00 AM ET
"They are truly cowards in the worst way," says filmmaker Robert Greenwald, of the notorious billionaires Charles and David Koch. And he should know. After he released his 2012 documentary, "The Koch Brothers Exposed," Koch-funded organizations took out ads trying to discredit Greenwald and his work, yet the brothers still declined his repeated offers to debate the topics covered in the film, like the re-segregation of schools and the defanging of the EPA. "I wanted to engage in a policy debate," he says. "But they won't engage."
For most people, an attack from the fourth-richest (and perhaps most politically conniving) men in America would slow them down. But instead Greenwald, who became interested in the powerful duo when he read Jane Mayer's 2010 New Yorker profile, decided to double down, and began work on "The Koch Brothers Exposed: 2014 Edition." The update, which is now available free online, is centered on their influence in (and outpouring of money since) the Citizens United Supreme Court decision. While researching and producing it with his small staff at Brave New Films, Greenwald says he was "surprised by not just the sheer numbers, but the extraordinary lengths they go to legally to hide the amounts they're giving." Here, three of the fights to which these undocumented millions flow:
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The fourth-richest men in America target low-wage workers, minority voters and unions (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Jun 2014
OP
they're patient, they don't need to turn every election right now...just make sure they're
uponit7771
Jun 2014
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onehandle
(51,122 posts)1. What have 'those people' ever done for 'merica? nt
JustAnotherGen
(31,783 posts)2. I think they are failing at the Minority Voting Rights thing
Seriously - now they are trying to bring into the fold young, religious black Americans at the collegiate level.
I still think they are going to go after the disenfranchisement of hispanic/latino voters - but the black vote is off the table.
uponit7771
(90,304 posts)3. they're patient, they don't need to turn every election right now...just make sure they're
...turned after Clinton is elected
JustAnotherGen
(31,783 posts)4. Yep and in 8 years
Those 'kids' they turn at Howard U will be affluent and think there is nothing wrong with the Koch Brothers.
Omaha Steve
(99,505 posts)5. Kick
WillyT
(72,631 posts)6. Hey OS... Have You Seen This ???