Governor Scott Walker Talks to ‘David Koch’

Governor Scott Walker Talks to ‘David Koch’

Governor Scott Walker Talks to ‘David Koch’

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Scott Walker said that he was just a bloke
Who, knowing that his state was going broke,
Saw saving measures that he must invoke.
But then, when he obsequiously spoke
To someone who he thought was David Koch
(It wasn’t Koch; a guy had played a joke),
The phone pals made it clear they’d like to choke
Off unions’ rights, and saw this as the stroke—
A stroke disguised within a budget cloak—
To start the unions’ going up in smoke.
No surprise there.

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