Koch poser gets Wis. Gov. Walker to reveal ploy

The Koch brothers, who bankroll Scott Walker, Republican governor of Wisconsin, are billionaires who support right wing causes. Someone posing as Koch on the telephone recorded a conversation in which Walker spoke of lying to Democrats in order to get union-busting legislation passed. Walker himself was deceived when he was goaded into acknowledging he was prepared to lie to the opposition to get his way. Article source – David Koch poser gets Wis. Gov. Scott Walker to reveal ploy by MoneyBlogNewz.

How the Koch brothers made the offer

Governor Walker is backed financially by Charles and Koch who are brothers worth $43 billion. The Wisconsin budget would benefit from dripping public employee unions of collective bargaining rights. This is something Walker is working on right now. To keep Walker from achieving those aims, Democrats in Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Senate denied the governor a quorum by going to neighboring Illinois. Walker got a telephone call from Ian Murphy from the Buffalo Beast pretending to be David Koch Tues. Murphy confident the receptionist, the governor's executive assistant, the chief of staff and even the governor that he was a Koch brother with jokes that were about deporting an illegal immigrant maid.

The big plan by Walker

Murphy, or Koch, was able to talk to Walker. The discussion ran for about 20 minutes. While supposedly talking to Koch, Walker gave up information to Murphy. He said that he prepared on tricking Democrats into thinking he would negotiate on union's collective bargaining rights even though it would never really take place. The Democratic leader would be who Walker would talk to. He would "talk" with Democrats about this if the 14 absent Democratic Senators came back. In accordance with Wisconsin state assembly rules, that would start a session, Republicans would have a quorum, and Walker would get his way. Murphy told Walker to take a baseball bat with him to punish Democratic lawmakers that went to Illinois. Walker has "a slugger with my name on it."

The reason why Walker was bought by Koch brothers

The Koch brothers are sustaining Walker by mobilizing their resources in Wisconsin. A $200,000 ad campaign has been started by Americans for Prosperity, which the Koch brother introduced as a group, to take bargaining rights from public employee unions. The Koch brothers also stand to benefit from a bill in the Wisconsin senate allowing no-bid contracts for the management of state-owned heating, cooling and power plants. The Koch brothers own the three biggest companies in Wisconsin with the resources to perform those services.

Citations

USA Today

usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-02-23-wisconsin-public-unions_N.htm

Slate

slatest.slate.com/id/2286165/

Huffington Post

huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/23/scott-walker-buffalo-beast-phone-prank_n_827058.html

Forbes

blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/02/22/a-secret-deal-between-gov-walker-and-koch-brothers-buried-in-state-budget/