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It’s illegal in America now to buy or sell a human being, but a recorded telephone conversation between a Republican governor and a guy he though was a billionaire benefactor shows that it’s still possible to own a politician. 

Wisconsin’s Republican Gov. Scott Walker didn’t have time to talk to Democratic leaders or union officials about his anti-union legislation â€" a proposal that has incited protests by tens of thousands for more than a week in Madison. But he jumped on the phone for 20 minutes this week when told the caller was billionaire David Koch, who was Walker’s second largest campaign contributor, who provided $1 million to a GOP fund to attack Walker’s opponent and who bankrolls radical libertarian organizations and the Tea Party. 

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