Koch Brothers: Clear Right-wing Strategy to go After Labor Unions in the United States
Daily Journal (Opinion)Feb 22, 2011The billionaire brothers whose political action committee gave Gov. Scott Walker $43,000 and helped fund a multi-million dollar attack ad campaign against his opponent during the 2010 gubernatorial election have quietly opened a lobbying office in Madison just off the Capitol Square.
Charles and David Koch, who co-own Koch Industries Inc. and whose combined worth is estimated at $43 billion, have long backed conservative causes and groups including Americans for Prosperity, which organized the Tea Party rally Saturday in support of Governor of Wisconsin’s Scott Walker’s plan to strip public workers of collective bargaining rights and recently launched the Stand with Scott Walker website. They are the wizards behind the curtain who have been recently tied with Walker’s push to eliminate collective bargaining rights for public workers.
Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity and spokesperson for the