It didn’t take long, did it, to see what the end of our representative democracy would look like under the influence of the money changers. With all the money spent on media advertising by corporate America, think media outlets will report anything that would negatively impact these big spenders?
Go corporate personhood.
Oil billionaires David and Charles Koch have jumped on board an effort to suspend California's global warming law by making a million-dollar contribution this week. They join two Texas-based companies, Valero Energy Corp. and Tesoro Corp.
California's global warming law, known as AB32, seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions statewide to 1990 levels over the next decade.
Proposition 23 is opposed by environmental groups, Democratic lawmakers and Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who called the contribution "extremely disappointing."
A Koch spokeswoman, said the company believes the law will cause "significant job losses and higher energy costs." So far, the Proposition 23 campaign has raised $8.2 million, of which 97 percent has come from oil interests.
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