Charles and David Koch-owned Georgia-Pacific last week announced the closing of its Phillips, Wisconsin, factory. It’s being closed because “It doesn’t make economic sense,” a company spokesman reportedly said — the Kochs couldn’t afford to keep it open. The Georgia-Pacific spokesman conveniently “did not know” the average hourly wage of the factory employees being fired — a prime example of the Kochs’ driving philosophy that only the bottom line matters, not the well being of workers and their families. 

An economic mainstay in Phillips in the 57 years since it first opened its doors, the factory has hundreds of Phillips residents — including the sixty, soon-to-be-unemployed men and women who work there today. Sixty Wisconsinites who will soon be out of work, because Charles and David Koch couldn’t afford to pay them, apparently. 

Meanwhile, over in Madison, Governor Scott Walker has been showered with more than $10 million in support from the Koch network.

Plus, Charles and David Koch and their network plan to deploy $900 million toward buying elections in 2016.

While voters nationally are wondering, “What happened to Scott Walker?” and his failing campaign, the men and women of Phillips, Wisconsin, are asking: “What happened to our livelihood, and where was our absentee governor when we needed him most?”

And it’s no surprise that Senator Ron Johnson hasn’t been around fighting for their jobs, either. He’s “a favorite of the Koch brothers’ donor network,” according to Politico; In addition, “Operatives tied to the [Koch] groups say they are likely to spend heavily on his behalf [in 2016].” Johnson is up for reelection and vulnerable — no way he rocks the boat.

Charles and David Koch are only worried about their bottom line — they have no regard for the working Wisconsinites they’re firing, and even less concern for their families.

And so long as the Koch money keeps coming, Governor Scott Walker and Senator Ron Johnson don’t care either.