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Putting the Koch Brothers in Perspective
Posted on 2/13/14 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 2/13/14 at 12:02 pm
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Posted on 2/13/14 at 12:08 pm to RollTide4Ever
in the top 100 problems w/ America, this in the top 10
Posted on 2/13/14 at 12:09 pm to RollTide4Ever
If the government employees union figure is correct, that is both staggering and disturbing on many levels.
Posted on 2/13/14 at 12:13 pm to RollTide4Ever
I hate all PACS. But to put this in perspective. Koch industries employs about 50,000 people. The AFSCME represents 1.5 million and is a branch of the AFL-CIO.
Posted on 2/13/14 at 12:13 pm to Y.A. Tittle
i'd imagine that it's so large the per capita wouldn't be that great...maybe?
Posted on 2/13/14 at 12:14 pm to SlowFlowPro
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i'd imagine that it's so large the per capita wouldn't be that great...maybe?
My point still stands accepting that, maybe even more so.
Posted on 2/13/14 at 12:19 pm to RollTide4Ever
There is SO MUCH money to be had in growing Government at the Federal level that there's no way that we'll ever shrink FedGov and get it back to its Constitutional limitations.
There are too many people making money and prosperous careers off of it to change.
There are too many people making money and prosperous careers off of it to change.
Posted on 2/13/14 at 12:24 pm to Champagne
This is why Obama, the left and unions (remember the IRS is unionized) want strict control and the squashing of the Tea Party and other conservative groups. I find it amazing that the lefties fall in line that the Tea Party and conservatives must not contribute to candidates and must be taxed while these unions are "non-profits" that support leftest and leftest causes.
Posted on 2/13/14 at 12:29 pm to los angeles tiger
to be fair, the graph uses a timeframe that may create a bigger difference
the kochs have just recently started pumping money in, i believe, and if that's true, their spending average is skewed by increasing the time frame
unions continue to lose power, so i'd imagine expanding the time frame into eras that had more power/money means shifting a front-loaded view. again, make the data more recent and the per capita will decrease
the kochs have just recently started pumping money in, i believe, and if that's true, their spending average is skewed by increasing the time frame
unions continue to lose power, so i'd imagine expanding the time frame into eras that had more power/money means shifting a front-loaded view. again, make the data more recent and the per capita will decrease
Posted on 2/13/14 at 12:35 pm to SlowFlowPro
Most of the public employee unions spending has been in the last ten years. I just got the book "Taxifornia" after listening to an interview with the author yesterday. The largest political contributors in California are the California Teachers Association followed by the SEIU. California now has 24% of the populace living below the poverty level (double the national rate) with 1/3 of the nations welfare receipts are spent.
Posted on 2/13/14 at 12:57 pm to SlowFlowPro
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unions continue to lose power,
Not so sure about public unions, including the NEA.
Posted on 2/13/14 at 1:12 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Not so sure about public unions, including the NEA.
Yep, they are most powerful now and we support them with our taxes and have no choice about it unlike public employee unions. I'm still outraged that the IRS is unionized to "protect them" while they interrogate us and can't plead the fifth to them.
Posted on 2/13/14 at 1:34 pm to los angeles tiger
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Yep, they are most powerful now and we support them with our taxes and have no choice about it unlike public employee unions. I'm still outraged that the IRS is unionized to "protect them" while they interrogate us and can't plead the fifth to them.
Yep, from my perspective the public sector unions are doing great. Every public job (outside a few exempt positions) in this State are unionized.
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