{"id":3968,"date":"2011-05-10T20:24:29","date_gmt":"2011-05-11T02:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/who-the-republicans-really-work-for-and-against\/"},"modified":"2011-05-10T20:24:29","modified_gmt":"2011-05-11T02:24:29","slug":"who-the-republicans-really-work-for-and-against","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/who-the-republicans-really-work-for-and-against\/","title":{"rendered":"Who the Republicans Really Work For (and Against)"},"content":{"rendered":"

ThinkProgress \u00bb Boehner Shares Stage With David Koch At Wall Street Club<\/a> <\/p>\n

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House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) went to the heart of Wall Street last night to deliver a major speech<\/a> on the deficit at the Economic Club of New York. The stage on which Boehner spoke featured a who\u2019s who of financial moguls<\/a>, including conservative billionaire David Koch<\/font>, co-owner \u2014 along with his brother Charles \u2013of the oil conglomerate Koch Industries, and a major funder of right-wing advocacy and tea party groups. This AP photo captured Boehner shaking hands with deficit advocate Pete Peterson, as Koch looked on:<\/p>\n

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Koch was also one of the few people with whom Boehner shook hands as he exited the stage after his speech<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

ThinkProgress \u00bb Boehner Shares Stage With David Koch At Wall Street Club<\/a><\/p>\n

ThinkProgress \u00bb Texas GOP Rams Koch-Backed \u2018Loser Pays\u2019 Bill Through House, Making It Harder To Sue Corporations<\/a> <\/p>\n

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\"\"As ThinkProgress has reported, brothers Charles and David Koch<\/font> and their corporate giant, Koch Industries, have played an extensive role<\/a> in the corporate takeover<\/a> of government<\/a>, both at the state and federal level. This weekend, another of the Kochs\u2019 projects surfaced in Texas, as the state\u2019s Republican lawmakers rammed through<\/a> a Koch-backed bill that would make it harder for consumers, workers, and small business owners to bring civil suits against corporations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

ThinkProgress \u00bb Texas GOP Rams Koch-Backed \u2018Loser Pays\u2019 Bill Through House, Making It Harder To Sue Corporations<\/a><\/p>\n

ThinkProgress \u00bb Florida GOP Passes Radical Overhaul Of Election Law, Jeopardizing Voting Rights Of Elderly, Military, Students<\/a> <\/p>\n

A growing number of GOP-led states are launching<\/a> a concerted effort<\/a> to severely impede and disenfranchise voters across the country. Last Thursday, the Florida legislature did its part by passing<\/a> a 128-page<\/a> \u201csweeping rewrite<\/a>\u201d of the state\u2019s elections laws with \u201chead-spinning speed<\/a>\u201d that now heads to Gov. Rick Scott (R) for signature. Passed along a party-line vote, the bill \u2014 HB 1355 \u2014 contains several provisions that drastically alter election laws to disadvantage and disenfranchise voters across the state \u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ThinkProgress \u00bb Florida GOP Passes Radical Overhaul Of Election Law, Jeopardizing Voting Rights Of Elderly, Military, Students<\/a><\/p>\n

ThinkProgress \u00bb GRAPH: An Average CEO At America\u2019s Big Corporations Earns 200 Times The Salary Of A Navy SEAL<\/a> <\/p>\n

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In the wake of their successful assault on Osama Bin Laden\u2019s hideout, ABC News did a short feature on the Navy Seals. The report tells us that the people who hold this highly demanding and dangerous get paid about $54,000 a year.<\/strong> It then adds that: <\/p>\n

\u201cThe base salary level [of Navy Seals] is comparable to the average annual salary for teachers in the U.S., which was $55,350 for the 2009-2010 school year, according to the Digest of Education Statistics.\u2019 That is one possible comparison. There are other possible reference points. For example, the CEOs of Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan both pocket around $20 million a year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

ThinkProgress \u00bb GRAPH: An Average CEO At America\u2019s Big Corporations Earns 200 Times The Salary Of A Navy SEAL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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