Last weekend the Koch Brothers held a summit in California, attended by, among others, three hundred billionaires, and a modicum of the usual fellators of the wealthy (republicans), namely Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio, and two men who would join them in the Senate, Tom Cotton (AR) and Cory Gardner (CO).
The summit was entitled "American Courage: Our Commitment to a Free Society."
Ahem.
If you take the time to read the short piece, it almost comes across like the kind of scene you'd see in an extremely satirical political movie. My guess is the summit won't be coming to a theater near you anytime soon, as it mostly included seminars on issues contrary to the views of a vast majority of Americans: money as free speech, anti-immigration reform, pro-oil spin, etc. Perhaps the most terrifying was "Employee Outreach: Engaging Your Workforce in the Cause of Freedom," which is basically conservative doublespeak for "Forcing Your Employees to Carry Out Your Political Agenda With the Threat of Starving Their Children."
Labor Unions, indeed.
Frankly, the only "Free Society" the Koch Brothers and their ilk are interested in is one where billionaires get everything for free while the rest of us pay for it.
Fuck that.
Peace,
emaycee
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