From the Daily
Kos:
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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