The Koch millions didn’t disappear from our political system after Obama was reelected in 2012. The government shutdown demonstrates that the Kochs and their fellow right wing billionaires are still fighting in defiance of the results of last year’s election. Moderate Republicans may say that they are willing to defy Boehner and vote for a clean CR, but many of these same Republicans aren’t willing to defy the Kochs. Until the Koch brothers are the other right wing billionaires are going to feel any pain, expect Republicans to refuse to open the government and raise the debt ceiling. Democrats have to dig in and fight, because this battle isn’t about really spending, budgets, or even Obamacare. The conflict isn’t even about who controls the government. What is at stake is the kind of government that the United States will have. Will democracy’s brightest star be a government for the many, or will it be a government dictated by the wealthy few? The government will eventually reopen, but what is to be determined is what kind of government it will be.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 08:49:19 +0000
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