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freshwest

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62. YEAH! Warren knows them! Look at Walker's BFF playbook:
Sat Feb 28, 2015, 09:43 PM
Feb 2015
BERNIE SANDERS Uncovers 1980 Koch Agenda- "What Do the Koch Brothers Want?"

What else do the Koch brothers want?


In 1980, David Koch ran as the Libertarian Party’s vice-presidential candidate in 1980.

Let’s take a look at the 1980 Libertarian Party platform.

Here are just a few excerpts of the Libertarian Party platform that David Koch ran on in 1980:

“We urge the repeal of federal campaign finance laws, and the immediate abolition of the despotic Federal Election Commission.”

“We favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid programs.”

“We oppose any compulsory insurance or tax-supported plan to provide health services, including those which finance abortion services.”

“We also favor the deregulation of the medical insurance industry.”

“We favor the repeal of the fraudulent, virtually bankrupt, and increasingly oppressive Social Security system. Pending that repeal, participation in Social Security should be made voluntary.”

“We propose the abolition of the governmental Postal Service. The present system, in addition to being inefficient, encourages governmental surveillance of private correspondence. Pending abolition, we call for an end to the monopoly system and for allowing free competition in all aspects of postal service.”

“We oppose all personal and corporate income taxation, including capital gains taxes.”

“We support the eventual repeal of all taxation.”

“As an interim measure, all criminal and civil sanctions against tax evasion should be terminated immediately.”

“We support repeal of all law which impede the ability of any person to find employment, such as minimum wage laws.”

“We advocate the complete separation of education and State. Government schools lead to the indoctrination of children and interfere with the free choice of individuals. Government ownership, operation, regulation, and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended.”

“We condemn compulsory education laws … and we call for the immediate repeal of such laws.”

“We support the repeal of all taxes on the income or property of private schools, whether profit or non-profit.”

“We support the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency.”

“We support abolition of the Department of Energy.”

“We call for the dissolution of all government agencies concerned with transportation, including the Department of Transportation.”

“We demand the return of America's railroad system to private ownership. We call for the privatization of the public roads and national highway system.”

“We specifically oppose laws requiring an individual to buy or use so-called "self-protection" equipment such as safety belts, air bags, or crash helmets.”

“We advocate the abolition of the Federal Aviation Administration.”

“We advocate the abolition of the Food and Drug Administration.”

“We support an end to all subsidies for child-bearing built into our present laws, including all welfare plans and the provision of tax-supported services for children.”

“We oppose all government welfare, relief projects, and ‘aid to the poor’ programs. All these government programs are privacy-invading, paternalistic, demeaning, and inefficient. The proper source of help for such persons is the voluntary efforts of private groups and individuals.”

“We call for the privatization of the inland waterways, and of the distribution system that brings water to industry, agriculture and households.”

“We call for the repeal of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.”

“We call for the abolition of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.”

“We support the repeal of all state usury laws.”

In other words, the agenda of the Koch brothers is not only to defund Obamacare. The agenda of the Koch brothers is to repeal every major piece of legislation that has been signed into law over the past 80 years that has protected the middle class, the elderly, the children, the sick, and the most vulnerable in this country...

Tomorrow it will be Social Security, ending Medicare as we know it, repealing the minimum wage. It seems to me that the Koch brothers will not be content until they get everything they believe they are entitled to.

Our great nation can no longer be hijacked by right-wing billionaires like the Koch brothers.

For the sake of our children and our grandchildren, for the sake of our economy, we have got to let democracy prevail.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024806298

http://www.sanders.senate.gov/koch-brothers

http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a7980koch

to kpete:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024806298

Don't those themes sound familiar? Go, Bernie! Go Elizabeth!

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K&R abelenkpe Feb 2015 #1
Perfect! Triana Feb 2015 #2
I love this woman DiverDave Feb 2015 #3
that was swift and to the point Kalidurga Feb 2015 #4
She's got more than guts BrotherIvan Feb 2015 #5
Yes...And WE Need Someone Who Can Beat Rand Paul Should He Get The Nod billhicks76 Feb 2015 #59
Do you honestly think Rand Paul could win demwing Mar 2015 #87
I Certainly Do billhicks76 Mar 2015 #98
Nailed it!!!! Wellstone ruled Feb 2015 #6
I'm glad to see Elizabeth learned ~something~ in that meeting with Hillary.. Fumesucker Feb 2015 #7
She learned something somewhere, because she stood by Reagan when he busted Unions, fired Bluenorthwest Feb 2015 #21
She had good reasons for leaving! raisedcatholicvet Feb 2015 #32
I have to question ablamj Feb 2015 #55
Proves she's not dogmatic. And that's a good thing. cui bono Feb 2015 #33
Pfft! Enthusiast Feb 2015 #58
Perfect. 99Forever Feb 2015 #8
i am sure she is deep in consultations with her BFFs at Goldman hifiguy Feb 2015 #16
Zap! That oughta hurt. nt Hekate Feb 2015 #9
Elizabeth Warren: Our next president. JDPriestly Feb 2015 #10
She ACTS like she has a spine and a quick wit, maddiemom Mar 2015 #85
The correct take on this. nt Half-Century Man Feb 2015 #11
Walker uses way too much Kochcaine malaise Feb 2015 #12
graphic proof alterfurz Feb 2015 #48
Magnificent malaise Feb 2015 #49
Awesome tweet! Would you please cross post this in the Elizabeth warren group? Autumn Feb 2015 #13
Blammo! hifiguy Feb 2015 #14
Chopped, sliced and diced. TwilightGardener Feb 2015 #15
Zing!!!!! calimary Feb 2015 #17
Right between the eyes. DFW Feb 2015 #18
It's not a fair fight...High Intelligence vs. mental midget n/t libdem4life Feb 2015 #19
It does have a rather Bambi v. Godzilla feel to it. hifiguy Feb 2015 #25
Greatest Zilla movie DiverDave Feb 2015 #50
Loved that 'toon! maddiemom Mar 2015 #86
Au contrare! You'd better believe it's fair. Mental midgetry is our enemy. n/t slumcamper Feb 2015 #43
Sorry...forgot the Sarcasm Thingy. n/t libdem4life Feb 2015 #44
K and R panader0 Feb 2015 #20
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That's my Gubner!! Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #52
My Gubner isn't much better, but so far isn't a national political player... Agschmid Feb 2015 #69
It says a lot about the downward trend in America when glowing Feb 2015 #23
you nailed it. onethatcares Feb 2015 #24
I think this recession and Warren's insistence truth telling is having an effect... CTyankee Feb 2015 #26
His style is to put together a slick and highly intensive saturation ad campaign. Jackpine Radical Feb 2015 #60
Sure would be a final nail in a coffin if America elected glowing Mar 2015 #77
I cannot agree on the Reagan comparison... CTyankee Mar 2015 #80
So farm he and his media machine are managing to portray Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #92
Our neighbor in our vacation house in Door County is on Facebook all the time CTyankee Mar 2015 #94
Zing! n/t Martin Eden Feb 2015 #27
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whow she got a lot of nasty bagger responses.... riversedge Feb 2015 #29
Wow. Some of the responses are incredible. cui bono Feb 2015 #30
Barking dogs. They have had a lot of practice, but evade the point don't they? Ellipsis Feb 2015 #31
"ugly" and "witch?" is this the 17th century? zazen Feb 2015 #37
They are as conditioned as Pavlov's dogs. Very little hope there. nt stillwaiting Feb 2015 #68
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I would love to take a close look at his friends. Still In Wisconsin Feb 2015 #38
and a poster was made........ riversedge Feb 2015 #39
kick Ellipsis Feb 2015 #40
Love, love, love her. n/t zentrum Feb 2015 #41
WOW!!!!!!!! Tell you what.... Takket Feb 2015 #42
You could get Turbineguy Feb 2015 #45
My neighbor, (an elderly lady 82 year-old) told me this > BlueJazz Feb 2015 #47
Drop the mic Blue Owl Feb 2015 #51
Beware . . . Jack Rabbit Feb 2015 #53
Better line: Beware the Two-Headed Monster meow2u3 Feb 2015 #65
They look stoned Mira Mar 2015 #82
My advice: Newest Reality Feb 2015 #54
To be accurate "friends" doesn't really describe Squatty's relationship with, well, you know who ... Scuba Feb 2015 #56
I love her! Enthusiast Feb 2015 #57
Run Liz Run! nt RiverLover Feb 2015 #61
YEAH! Warren knows them! Look at Walker's BFF playbook: freshwest Feb 2015 #62
k&r... spanone Feb 2015 #63
Nina Turner said something similar this morning on Melissa Harris-Perry's show. Stellar Feb 2015 #64
Badabing! cwydro Feb 2015 #66
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Damn Straight.. it's time the whole country took a much closer look at his "friends".. Cha Mar 2015 #70
Aloha ahiahi Ellipsis Mar 2015 #72
Aloha ahiahi to you, too, Ellipsis.. even though it's a bit late... Learned something new.. Cha Mar 2015 #76
"Kocheads" Kath1 Mar 2015 #74
This is the truth Renew Deal Mar 2015 #71
250 rec kick Ellipsis Mar 2015 #73
Elizabeth rocks! Kath1 Mar 2015 #75
YEAH turbinetree Mar 2015 #78
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I love it! n/t 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2015 #81
"Warren Can't Be Bought..2016" ProudProg2u Mar 2015 #83
wow, three hundred recs... Ellipsis Mar 2015 #84
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She certainly knows h8w to fight Republicans. hrmjustin Mar 2015 #96
K&R Jefferson23 Mar 2015 #97
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