Koch-Backed Americans For Prosperity Puts $700,000 Into Wisconsin

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Koch-Backed Americans For Prosperity Puts $700,000 Into Wisconsin

Eric Kleefeld



Americans For Prosperity, the conservative political group backed by David and Charles Koch, is putting down some big money in the pending recall election against Gov. Scott Walker.

An ad that has run before is now being re-upped with a $700,000 buy, Greg Sargent reports. The ad does not directly use Walker’s name, due to legal reasons, but vociferously praises the policies that Walker put in place over the past year.

“Wisconsin put an end to abuses of collective bargaining — putting taxpayers back in control,” says a man identified in the ad as a small business executive.

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As TPM has previously reported, spending in this big recall election could reach record amounts — as much as $100 million.

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[NRaleighLiberal]

1. how nice of them - to help those less fortunate, unemployed, hungry, etc...right?

[1ProudAtheist]

2. Walker Will

soon be unemployed.

[southernyankeebelle]

3. I have a feeling that the more people see the superpac backers the more people will

vote the opposite. Just watching Romney attacking the other guys in the race shows he really isn't offering any ideas to help the economy and being all negative won't work in the general election.

[elehhhhna]

4. they want to lock up and fuckup the lakefront,

steal the powerplants,

and probably stripmine kettle moraine

crazy effrs making a big play for natural resources

[BadgerKid]

6. Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin

trifecta in the midwest. Florida in the south for offshore oil drilling and no state income tax, plus, hey, it's warm.

[libodem]

5. Down payment

To buy the state and all the people. Owned.

[Initech]

7. Fuck you, Citizens United.