ledger held an all night session earlier this year to highlight his pet issue. down to this little puddle. republicans pointed out the obvious. senate democrats are just trying to please the left coast billionaire who plans to finance so many of their campaigns. steyer sees combating climate change as good policy as well as good politics. giving away millions and millions of dollars to try to impact our political system so that we avoid the disaster of climate change i think speaks an awful lot to the this person s character. the lead will continue to follow the money as the elections approach. you can see our previous reporting on coch brothers. a story we ve been covering for months, they re the standard bearers on foreign soil for the american way of life. it s a cushy gig if you manage to avoid being posted to turkmenistan. that s why high profile
utilities, but you re not paying for them. basically that is all. they don t have to pay union dues, they do have to pay a service charge, and they cannot be a member ever the union if necessity choose not to. bill: i know you make the case that this is not about economics, it s all about politics, and that is kind of what the president said the other day. it s exactly true. bill: if you don t get those union dues it s about union economics, because the union is weaker then, is it not? the underlying thing is it is an effort to destroy unions in michigan. there is no doubt about it. the outside interest and people in michigan are sick and tired of billionaires coming into michigan spending millions of dollars trying to influence public policy. the coch brothers, dig devass from the grand rapids area are behind the effort to destroy unions in the state. it s going to drive the economics completely down in the state where working people in this state are harmed.
without having to disclose who gave it. ken vogel and eugene, i want ken to go through this. tell us about the coch brothers. who are they? how much loot do they have to spend? what are they interests? they have a vast conglomerate manufacturing really, it s the second biggest private company in the united states involved in everything from oil refining to chemicals to household products. they own georgia pacific, which makes brawny paper towels. they ve been involved in conservative politics, however in cent years, they have both shifted their ideology, which used to be a form of libertarian