The Koch brothers, whose more than $50 billion of wealth -- made largely from their petrochemical businesses -- exceeds that of the bottom 45 percent of Americans put together, and who make enough money every second to feed a homeless American for an entire year, are pouring ever more of their money into politics. Their goal is to shrink government, cut environmental regulations, and reduce taxes on the wealthy – thereby making themselves even wealthier and more powerful. The...ir political front, Americans for Prosperity, has already spent more than $30 million on the 2014 midterms, up to 10 times as much as any major outside Democratic group, according to the New York Times. They’re building their own permanent political machine, including more than 200 full-time paid staff in 32 states.
The Koch brothers shouldn’t be demonized because they have a humongous amount of money, or because most of it has been made in petrochemicals, or because of their right-wing views. As long as they’ve obeyed the law and played by the rules, they’re entitled to their money and their opinions. But in using their vast wealth to alter those laws and rules, they are corrupting our democracy. For this they deserve to be widely denounced.
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The Koch brothers shouldn’t be demonized because they have a humongous amount of money, or because most of it has been made in petrochemicals, or because of their right-wing views. As long as they’ve obeyed the law and played by the rules, they’re entitled to their money and their opinions. But in using their vast wealth to alter those laws and rules, they are corrupting our democracy. For this they deserve to be widely denounced.
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I have a hard time understanding how one can vote for tax breaks for the rich but not for veterans benefits. 41 senators voted to block a bill to provide benefits for veterans last week. Was yours one of them? http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=113&session=2&vote=00046
Heat and Eat:
Vermont and other states have figured out a way to help some seniors and families with children avoid freezing or starving this winter. Under a so-called “Heat and Eat” provision in the food stamps program, a household is entitled to more food aid if it also is enrolled in the federally-funded Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps people pay their utility bills. Some states were making only token payments to families for home heating assistanc...e to help them qualify for food stamps. The farm bill that Congress passed in February said states would have to pay at least $20 a year in fuel aid to prompt the food stamp benefits. Republicans assumed that states wouldn’t want to pay the extra $20 and projected that the new farm bill would result in $8.6 billion in food stamp cuts over the next decade. They were wrong.See More
Vermont and other states have figured out a way to help some seniors and families with children avoid freezing or starving this winter. Under a so-called “Heat and Eat” provision in the food stamps program, a household is entitled to more food aid if it also is enrolled in the federally-funded Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps people pay their utility bills. Some states were making only token payments to families for home heating assistanc...e to help them qualify for food stamps. The farm bill that Congress passed in February said states would have to pay at least $20 a year in fuel aid to prompt the food stamp benefits. Republicans assumed that states wouldn’t want to pay the extra $20 and projected that the new farm bill would result in $8.6 billion in food stamp cuts over the next decade. They were wrong.See More
Good news!
How The EPA Could Cut Carbon Emissions Even More Than We Thought By 2020
thinkprogress.org
New data shows a plan submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Council for regulating existing power plants would cut even more carbon emissions...
Add this to the list of why we need to break the chains of fossil fuel addiction:
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