we have a state senator named Dale shoals
I'm from Wisconsin now he's a republican and he's no public in a long long time
he's held the Senate seat for 23 years
he is also certain state assembly I was for
10 years Sox in there incredibly long time
in fact he stood for election 12 times
okay he's been a Republican in times good and in times bad as an old friend
would say
so I was he doing now leaving he's had enough
and he's leaving the race entirely is not to run for reelection
he's got a republican primary ESO y the Koch brothers think
he's not Republican enough okay please tell you story first he says
the business or politics is changed and I firmly believe that we are beginning
in this country to look like a Russian style
all dorky where a couple dozen billionaires
have basically bought the government damn
and unfortunately that is weighed too true
he's right about that we got democrats complaining about it
we are republicans complaining about it carl levin news-democrat permission said
I'm so tired to raising money that's why I'm not gonna run for reelection
you to easily win in machine has been there a long time slick I'm just
exhausted you know they spent 30 to 70 percent of the time
raising money if you're national politics
3271 when you legislate that's why they're probably a record low number
bills that are passed because they don't have time largely
they're all up to go please everyone please email do anything or do anything
for you
you know that if your US senator you have to raise an average of thirty
thousand dollars a week to get reelected
ninety-five percent of the time the guy with more money wins
okay so that's why they gotta hit the phones and the other spent all that time
I recent talk to US congressman who said an awsome hey
and you're ready to go out like for lunch with other Democrats Republicans
is there any kinda friendliness leptin washing said
are you kidding me if they caught us having lunch
and by they he meant his own staff this store you right back into calling room
to make sure you're calling ponders
says the prophetic like that they live now begging for money
and promising people bribes and deal shields didn't want any part of it
anymore
any recognize the hard a prop he continues you know what
I always thought a job represented in government was to represent the people
but unfortunate not where we stand knocked by dot com a really good article
about this and they explained
are what are they factors that affect the shelters decision they said
shows announces retirement from his career as a legislator
as the face a primary challenge from the right by representative
Howard mark Klein a republican from Spring Green who is already raised over
one hundred thousand dollars for the next election
and is backed by the Koch brothers funded Americans for Prosperity
who made it a priority to couched senator shops
I think about that he's no Republican for
decades he's been serving as a state rep senator as a republican i kno not good
enough you not conservative enough
what was the quiz cardinal sin he didn't vote for scott Walker's
bill to take away negotiation rights from public employees
because he thought well if you're by yourself will manage we can fire you
I mean we all know that you got to be able to band together in order more
strength in fact the Koch brothers
twice a year get although millionaires and billionaires that a right-wing
together and they say
we must band together so that we are stronger together in
buying these elections so they like it when it comes to them
they don't like it when it comes to at the actual workers
shows a Republican said hey that's the 1i of all the different things as the 1
I'm not gonna but with the republican governor
nope sorry okay immediately a hundred thousand our primary against them
and a lot more where that came from would have backed it up he had left the
race
by the way how much to the 2011 recall election
cost in Wisconsin just
you know nine legislators they were being recalled $44 million dollars
that's insane amount of money shots complains
about money from both sides by the way you know the unions put in money the
Koch brothers put in money in the ghetto this race
because it was gonna buy that election is a by of
right now you think those guys gonna be honest and actually represent the people
they represent
supposedly represent other representing the donors again the forty four million
dollars
to win those elections so
shows continues as long as citizens united stance
will see more money come into politics will come to see less discussion of the
issues
and more the ads that everyone hates but still seems to have an impact
he says puts good people on both sides lilo very difficult situation
because they know that if they try to represent their constituents they're
gonna be peaceful
porn to have money by people who arrogantly believe they will be able to
buy enough space or time
to drown out any other message but their own now the reality is of course
arrogant or not well they can
by these elections like I said at the national level 95
sometime the guy with more money when Sam by the way such as republicans
doesn't matter if you're a democrat or republican doesn't matter if you're a
liberal conservative matter what you think it all
the most determinative factor is money who's got more of it
so they all get bought off so he continues way you choose a torn
and ocean money into politics although mints are present to push towards more
extremism
in politics and I think that's sort of exploded with the decision
and citizens united very right about that night talks about
coming from a republican perspective and I love the score he says as a republican
I've always thought the business should have access to the public square
I never thought anybody should be able to buy the public square
and that's really about where we're at right now
point that's about as good a line is there is and that's exactly what's
happening now that's why tell you look you know which this our number one issue
here
and we've been talking about money in politics the reason this number one
issue for the Young Turks
is because every story leads back to that you wanna know how they go about
woodside is the money on
it works SSA almost every time but I literally can't think of a time
that'd that equation did not work okay
so that's why we so founded I pounded Wolfpack
rate because we've got to get the money at a Publix always shows or doing
gee I wonder whether which way they're gonna go I can tell you
I my track record it's a it's not because I'm a genius that I could figure
out which way
the legislation's going to go which we both are gonna go should do the math
whoever's got more money whoever brought more politicians will win
sometimes as liberals because the unions sometimes on certain issues like gay
rights
we have more money than the conservatives do and will win from now
on till the end the time
okay but most the time its multinational corporations
an incredibly rich folks like the Koch brothers and they don't just go after
democrats in cans as they did a coup
where they ousted a great number republicans
this that have been concerned that kansas republican's their concern for
the help
the Koch brothers said you it's not your nice officially conservative
is that you're not sufficiently doing orbiting
so of you go so they can buy all these election now locally
at the local level yes some states are affected obviously they're very
president Wisconsin
obviously called brothers whose bases in Kansas has bought of the Kansas
Legislature
but they're not everywhere and we can win this fight
but we've got to get an amendment we've got to
and you gotta do to the state level so that's why you won't catch back to come
we need your help
we could do it together but they don't want you to bend the other as the
billionaires are banding together
the one thing they won't prevent most is all of us working together cuz they know
that the one thing that can
defeat that wall tax back dot com let me give you one last parting thought
from senator state senator the oceans I would hate to have this country
look like ukraine or Egypt but I think that's where we're headed as a country
on most people stand up and say enough is enough
we're gonna change this so listen to
whether you Republican or Democrat liberal conservative
Simon stand up and change that system let's go back to
honest debates man I'd love the debate the republicans
honest putting where neither one of us has an on natural advantage
because we have more money on that site let's get our democracy back