http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/08/1335246/-Yes-the-Koch-brothers-really-are-that-nbsp-evil?detail=facebook
The Bridge Project recently released a 16 page report
[pdf] detailing the some of the most egregious of the Koch brothers'
political efforts to make life as miserable as possible for minorities,
the elderly, and pretty much everyone who isn't rich. Alternet distills it down to the seven worst among their "efforts to dismantle years of civil rights progress."
Alternet highlights the Kochs union-busting efforts. That includes
most recently their support for Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (including dirty tricks
in the recall election), the poster child for destroying labor. Unions
have been credited with raising many out of poverty and solidly into the
middle-class, but particularly minorities who gained much-needed job
protections. It almost goes without saying that in addition to crush
labor, the Kochs are also steadfastly opposed to raising the minimum
wage. "Since the 1990s, the Kochs have given at least $23.3 million to
think tanks focusing on attacking the minimum wage. Raising the minimum
wage would create a 'culture of dependency,' they claim."
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