"Freedom" from Affordable Health Care

As CMD has reported, it has become clear in the years since the passage of the 2010 Affordable Care Act that the grassroots clamor over the bill from the right was almost entirely manufactured by Koch front groups, with massive expenditures via Freedom Partners, the Center for Protect Patient Rights, Americans for Prosperity and 60 Plus Association.

Libre is now joining the clamor. During the Midterms, the organization spent money on phony issue ads attacking Latino Democrat candidates, especially those championing the Affordable Care Act, such as Representatives Pete Gallego of Texas and Joe García of Florida. "The Libre Initiative has no interest in actually solving problems," said Anthony Gutiérrez, Gallego campaign spokesman. "It exists to play dirty politics and lie to the Latino community."

The hypocrisy is clear. As Matt A. Barreto, a political scientist at UCLA, pointed out in an interview with El Paso Times: “Garza claims to be speaking in the interest of Hispanics, but in opposing Obamacare, he’s flying in the face of Hispanic opinion … There’s overwhelming support for a government role in healthcare among Hispanics … It’s also the group with the greatest percentage of uninsured. They have the most to benefit from health care reform.”

It is yet to be seen what issues the Koch's Libre thinks will resonate with Wisconsin voters, but the organization recently put out a press release touting the benefits of anti-union "right to work" policies. As CMD recently reported, ALEC "right to work" zones have been proposed for inner-city Milwaukee where many Latinos live.



- See more at: http://www.prwatch.org/news/2015/02/12722/koch-front-group-targeting-hispanics-set-expand-wisconsin#sthash.eymDDdDk.dpuf