This is just sickening :
Billionaire David Koch’s prime political organization, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), having failed in its $125 million
quest to oust President Barack Obama, is now aiming at a slightly less
sophisticated political target: victims of Hurricane Sandy.
Hurricane Sandy was the second most costly in American history, leaving 100 lives lost, over $50 billion in devastation and tens of thousands
of damaged or destroyed homes. Legislative efforts to help those who
survived Hurricane Sandy’s wrath will reach a major stumbling block.
Earlier this week, AFP, which is chaired by Koch and believed to be financed
by several other plutocrats from the New York City region, released a
letter warning members of Congress not to vote for the proposed federal
aid package for victims of the storm that swept New Jersey, New York
City and much of the surrounding area in October. An announcement on the
group’s website says that the vote next week for the Sandy aid package will be a “key vote”—meaning
senators who support sending money for reconstruction could face an
avalanche of attack ads in their next election. Already, opposition to the bill is growing, although it passed one procedural hurdle last night.
There is some legitimate criticism with aspects of the legislation,
including the fact that some of the money will go to non-Sandy related
reconstruction efforts in disaster areas. For AFP, however, the whole
bill must die and victims of the storm deserve no help from the
government.
Source : David Koch Now Taking Aim at Hurricane Sandy Victims
