Kansas is a Cautionary Tale of Big (Koch Industries) Money Drowning Out Voters Voices [View all]
USA Today reported that “the House’s powerful tax-writing committee approved a bill Thursday that would ban the IRS from collecting the names of donors to tax-exempt groups.” In an interview with the paper, “Freedom Partners chairman and Koch Industries executive Mark Holden said Americans have the right to ‘anonymous free speech.’” This type of unlimited, unaccountable, political spending is an existential threat to our political institutions.
For a case study in the corrupting influence of unlimited, unaccountable, political spending by special interests like Koch Industries and Freedom Partners, consider the curious case of Kansas.
Read More: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/04/30/1521867/-Kansas-is-a-Cautionary-Tale-of-Big-Koch-Industries-Money-Drowning-Out-Voters-Voices-Kansas-KSleg
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