Koch Brothers And Their Love Of Money And Power

[Solitary]

In trying to find out on the internet what religion the Koch brothers are I have not yet found out what it is---are they atheists like Bill Gates? That all we need is having them associated with us.  Does anyone here know? :roll:

Charles and David Koch are two of probably the most highly effective people in The united states but additionally two of the most dangerous and anti-American citizens in up to date instances. On account of their monumental wealth, they have been in a position to steer the outcome of political elections and law at each the nationwide and state levels.

The Koch brothers own Koch Industries, a conglomerate headquartered in Wichita, Kansas, whose annual revenues are estimated at hundred billion bucks. On account that their father, Fred, died, in 1967, and the brothers took over, the Koch Empire has improved. The Koch Brothers function oil refineries in Alaska, Texas, and Minnesota, and keep watch over about 4 thousand miles of pipeline. Koch Industries owns Brawny paper towels, Dixie cups, Georgia-Pacific lumber, Stainmaster carpet, and Lycra, amongst other products. Forbes ranks it because the 2nd-greatest private firm within the usa and its consistent profitability has made David and Charles Koch among the richest men in The united states. Their blended fortune of thirty-5 billion dollars is passed simplest with the aid of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.

As longtime libertarians, the Koch Brothers imagine in considerably decrease non-public and corporate taxes, minimal social services for the needy and not more oversight especially environmental law. A find out about performed by means of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst's Political Financial system Research Institute named Koch Industries some of the prime ten air polluters in the United States. The Greenpeace record confirmed that from 2005 to 2008, the Koch Brothers gave more money than ExxonMobil to businesses fighting regulation associated to local weather exchange, underwriting a huge community of foundations, suppose tanks, and political entrance teams. The Koch Brothers has funded opposition campaigns against many the Obama Administration policies from healthiness-care reform to the economic-stimulus application.

Koch Industries issued a remark that the Greenpeace report "distorts the environmental file of our companies." David Koch lately complained that the "radical press" had turned his family into "whipping boys," and had exaggerated its affect on American politics. Then again, Charles Lewis, founding father of the nonpartisan watchdog group, Middle for Public Integrity mentioned, "The Kochs are on a whole completely different stage. There's nobody else who has spent this so much cash. The sheer dimension of it is what sets them apart. They have got a sample of lawbreaking, political manipulation, and obfuscation. I've been in Washington in view that Watergate, and I've by no means viewed anything else find it irresistible. They're the Usual Oil of our occasions."

listed Here are a number of the Koch Brothers un-American deeds:
Paperwork and interviews unearthed by Brave New Foundation researchers illustrate a 28.4 million Koch effort that has manufactured 297 opinions and commentaries, 200 stories, 56 research and six books distorting Social Security's effectiveness and goal. This is only one example of the vast industry made from Koch brothers' spokespeople, front groups, think tanks, academics and elected officials, which has constructed a self-sustaining echo chamber to turn out to be fringe ideas into popular mainstream public policy arguments.

Because of their huge political affect, the Koch Brothers have both bought or attempted to purchase free and truthful elections. The brothers have funded efforts suppress 21 million Americans from balloting as Koch greenbacks influenced the writing and adopting of vote casting suppression payments in 38 states.
American citizens for Prosperity, funded via the Koch Brothers, led the trouble to remake a a hit faculty range policy in Wake County, NC; which was the variation framework for a lot of faculty districts throughout the usa.

 The 2009 faculty board election equipped the Koch brothers' entrance workforce a possibility to lay the groundwork for candidates who suggest for re-segregation, or in Jim Crow terms "local schools." The Wake County residents rose-up in opposition to their segregationist policies and efficiently eliminated them all through the following Faculty Board election.

As in the past stated, Koch Industries is without doubt one of the high ten worst air polluters in the USA. Georgia Pacific, a Koch Industries subsidiary in located in Arkansas, is likely one of the greatest producers of the human carcinogen, formaldehyde. While the Koch brothers wage conflict towards security precautions, this manufacturing facility is dumping millions of gallons of waste water into streams that glide close to a small rural city each day. The surrounding area is pretty littered with air  pollution particularly in a minority neighborhood now dying of most cancers. The courageous neighborhood participants of Crossett provide powerful testimony to how they believe their overall healthiness is being ravaged by a Koch Industries plant.

The Koch Brothers and its employees are the only largest oil and gas donors to the Home Energy and Commerce Committee. With ample evidence linking the Koch industry to the Canadian tar sands, the Koch Brothers refuse to testify in Congress about their monetary hobby within the Keystone Pipeline. In fact, the allies in Congress bought through the Koch Brothers are doing their perfect to stall and put off oversight.

At a time when state and local governments are slashing better training funding, the Charles Koch Charitable Groundwork has given more than14.39 million in delivers to over one hundred fifty universities. In return, some of these campuses are required to rent professors and different candidates who adhere to Koch-defined ideological pointers and views.

A report amount of money used to be spent on the remember election in Wisconsin, due to the Electorate United determination, which prepared the ground to limitless corporate and union spending on elections. Governor Scott Walker raised $30.5 million greenbacks; most of which came from the Koch Brothers. Walker's opponent, Tom Barrett, raised 3.9 million essentially from small donors. Because of this, Walker received his remember reelection with the aid of a large majority.

It is estimated that the Koch Brothers and different proper-wing firms will spend over 1 Billion greenbacks to "purchase" the 2012 elections. This past January, the Koch Brothers held another of their secret conferences with wealthy conservatives at a lush inn in Palm Springs, California, for the purpose of elevating funds. Will the American individuals enable the 2012 elections to be purchased ?

What I want to know is if these two manipulated the idiot conservative  politicians and conservative idiots to get Obama elected by showing how crazy and stupid they were so the Republican s wouldn't get in to keep a house divided like it is now.  :-?    Solitary

[josephpalazzo]

Greed is their religion.

[_Xenu_]

Jspace.org, a site devoted to the Jewish community, claims them both. That doesn't mean they actually practice, but its what they were raised in. Talk about a walking stereotype...

http://www.jspace.com/news/articles/the ... list/12004

"#41 Charles Koch and David Koch

Charles is CEO and his brother David is executive vice president of Koch Industries, Inc. The family business, or if you prefer conglomerate, is the United States' second largest private company with $115 billion in sales. Their interests range from oil pipelines and refineries to paper towels, cups, and building materials.

J-Connection: The Koch Brothers have Jewish roots."

[josephpalazzo]

They are also self-admitted libertarians. They believe that government is the source of all evil. Therefore, tax cuts are the necessary tool to bleed the monster.