so there is a policy agreement on major, major points here that can t be ignored. right. look at mr. lowery, for instance. he was on the board of advisers of americans for prosperity. wrote this 9-9-9 plan which would lower the corporate tax rates of companies like koch industries from all the way from 35% to 9%ment that s a matthew h humongous corporate giveaway. this is coming from the koch brothers who are advising mr. cain. the connections are unseemly but they re starting to pervade into the presidential campaign and into the policy proposal that is we re seeing. now, dana, talking about mr. lowery and the 9-9-9 plan, mr.
why they would be backing a candidate like herman cain over, say, mitt romney, you put yourself in their shoes. mitt romneys and your rick perrys, they ve already been in politics for years. they ve been thinking about these issues. they ve built these connections. herman cain is someone who came up through the koch network and is essentially beholden to those connections he s made within them. he gets into the house, the koch brothers have a direct line to governor walker in wisconsin, they re sure as heck going to have a direct line to president cain. dana, i m running out of time. but he also said he would put up a fence to deal with immigration that would electrocute people, an electric fence that would kill people. he said knit a fiery speech and then the next day, he said he was joking. but politics nation found out he was meeting with sheriff arpaio. scott keyes, dana mil baengs,
president of a chapter of the koch-funded americans for prosperity pact. and then there s rich lowery, the so-called economist behind the 9-9-9 plan who really worked at wells fargo while he was on the board of advisers for americans for prosperity. you can see the logo behind them. cain says he s mainstream. i don t buy it. his policies are out to destroy main street america. joining me now is scott keys, the reporter at think progress who broke the story, why herman cain is koch brothers favorite presidential candidate, and dana millbank. scott, how far back does this connection go? thank you for having me, mr. sharpton. herman cain s history with the koch brothers and specifically with the koch brothers as tea party front group americans for
prosperity goes all the way back to 2005. he was actually hired as an official head of their prosperity expansion project where he basically barnstormed the country giving speeches, meeting with voters, connecting with donors, essentially running a shadow campaign for years before running for this presidential cycle. let me show you a graph. some people says he has the rights to get donations, all people in public life do. and all of us have causes that people support. but when you look at this graph of what the koch brothers have supported and what he s supported, you will see why they want to support him financially. kochay epa they fund the tax against the agency. cain says he would eliminate the agency. they support lower taxes. cain calls for a 9% tax rate .
candidate. 9-9-9. we ll expose herman cain s deep ties with the koch brothers. and marching for jobs and justice, my weekend in the nation s capital. if you won t get the jobs bill done in the suite, we will get the jobs bill done in the street. politics nation starts right now. welcome to politics nation. i m al sharpton. tonight s lead, president obama increases the pressure the president took to the road today. we went to north carolina on the first day of his three-dae jobs tour. and watch out, republicans, he unveil add new strategy for the