Join U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and MoveOn’s Anna Galland on a strategy call this Wednesday, July 9 at 8:30 PM ET. Dear Randall, The great issue of our time is whether the American people will be successful in defeating the efforts of the billionaire class to move our country into an oligarchic form of society in which a handful of super-wealthy families control the economic and political life of this nation. The Koch brothers, right-wing extremists who are now worth some $80 billion dollars, are prepared to spend as much as it takes to create an America in their vision. And what is that vision? The elimination of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, federal aid to education, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the concept of the minimum wage. Meanwhile, of course, they want more tax breaks for corporations and the rich. In the 2012 presidential election, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney each spent a little more than $1 billion in their presidential races. As a result of the disastrous Citizens United Supreme Court ruling, the Koch brothers and their dark money group, Americans for Prosperity, spent $412 million -- and that figure is only going to rise in the months and years to come. Incredibly, it is likely that the Koch Brothers today already have more political power than either the Democratic or Republican parties. That is not what America is supposed to be about. Our job is to strengthen our democratic foundations, not eviscerate them. Our job is to expand the middle-class and eliminate poverty, not create more income and wealth inequality. Our job is to reverse global warming, not increase fossil fuel production. The truth is that while the Koch brothers and their allies have unlimited sums of money at their disposal, there are real limits to what they can accomplish -- if we are smart and well organized in our opposition. On issue after issue, the vast majority of Americans agree with our views -- not right-wing extremism. Please join me and MoveOn’s Anna Galland on a strategy conference call this Wednesday, July 9 to shine a spotlight on the Koch brothers’ political activity and how we can defeat them. We’ll be laying out our plans for 2014 to counter the unlimited resources of the Koch brothers and their right-wing allies -- and we need your support. If the Koch brothers succeed in winning control of the U.S. Senate this November, it will be a disaster for the future of our country. We must act, we must act now, and you have got to be a part of that fight. Please join me and MoveOn’s Anna Galland on this important conference call this Wednesday, July 9 at 8:30 PM ET. The future of our country is at stake. Lets go forward together. Thank you for your efforts. Sincerely, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders images.myngp/LinkTracker.aspx?crypt=IVi0ax2%2b6UBSinc%2fCPYaKUlyBh6ETiM%2bp1JJBvdSH0MXYnEtmheWfndlXnEdlSkLpt7%2b0msdv9%2fMTcM%2flHOCEnbnkYU0ODbh0%2fGBZdTroptcEn3Lp4hzGl3YRD2aRdSGZFB8dKSRwlvAKKnoqavLhh%2bXVgXCwwQS Paid for by Friends of Bernie Sanders PO Box 391 Burlington, VT 05402 To unsubscribe from this mailing list, click here Powered by NGP VAN, Inc.
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 15:01:21 +0000