WisDems Attempt to Break Walker of Koch Habit

Madison – Yesterday afternoon the Democratic Party of Wisconsin filed a complaint with the states Government Accountability Board in regard to David Koch’s statement to a Florida reporter.

“We’re helping him, as we should. We’ve gotten pretty good at this over the years,” Koch told the Palm Beach Post in a story published this last weekend. “We’ve spent a lot of money in Wisconsin. We’re going to spend more.”

It seems as if the Koch brothers have so much money that they can’t help but to tell anyone and everyone what they intend on doing with it, even if it violates the law. In a conference call with reporters Thursday afternoon, Democratic Party Chair Mike Tate stated:

“Well I think what we have here is a very clear admission from David Koch that he is using and abusing this loophole in IRS code and election law to spend tax-deductible money to the benefit of a candidate,” said Tate. “And while there may seem to be no real rules in Wisconsin politics or federally anymore, we think this is such an affront to the Wisconsin standard of open and clean government that we must take a stand here, and this is worthy of investigating.”

Tate was referring to Americans For Prosperity’s 501(c)(3) status, as well as that of the MacIver Institute. “This designation allows an organization to accept tax-deductible contributions and further provides that they are not required to disclose their donors, nor are they required to report their spending until after an election has taken place.”

The Democrats not only filed a complaint with the Government Accountability Board, but also contacted the IRS, as well as 19 television stations that began running the Koch funded ads. The letter outlines the similarities between what is being shown on television and what is being said on Walker’s campaign websites. The letter also calls upon the stations’ integrity in best serving the consumers who may be harmed by Gov. Walker’s half-truths and outright lies, and implored them to remove the ads immediately.

It was about a year ago to the day when Scott Walker took the notorious “Koch call” from his desk in the state Capitol, stating that he thought about planting violent thugs into the peaceful crowds in the rotunda, in an attempt to discredit the movement. Scott Walker appears to have a serious problem with his political consumption of Koch and a Government Accountability Board intervention seems to be the only way to break him of this habit.