outsidethebox Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 I keep hearing lefties talking about these Koch brothers funding the Tea party and the busting up unions. Anyone have a scoop on who they are? How much power they actually have in this country?
Zulu Cthulhu Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 Just two brothers livin' large. Koch Industries
ieatcrayonz Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 I keep hearing lefties talking about these Koch brothers funding the Tea party and the busting up unions. Anyone have a scoop on who they are? How much power they actually have in this country? The one that was in the Olympics had a beard just like Fitz.
Rob's House Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 I keep hearing lefties talking about these Koch brothers funding the Tea party and the busting up unions. Anyone have a scoop on who they are? How much power they actually have in this country? They're kind of the right wing equivalent of George Soros, which really rubs the hypocritical douche bag wing of the left the wrong way.
Dante Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 One of the brothers speaks out. Couldn't be any clearer than this guy. Can we get him to run for president?
UConn James Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 They donate quite a bit to PBS. You always hear "The David H. Koch Charitable Trust" after NOVA, Frontline, etc. So, I guess they must be pinko leftists.
Zulu Cthulhu Posted March 1, 2011 Posted March 1, 2011 They're kind of the right wing equivalent of George Soros, which really rubs the hypocritical douche bag wing of the left the wrong way. Exactly, the same way Soros makes the douchebags on the right apoplectic.
Bishop Hedd Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 I posted this link as a topic here last summer and it was met with minimal response. Wasn't surprised though on a board where a topic started by one of the Neocons here of a racist punk cleverly doctoring a videotape of an inconsequential organization like ACORN can be met with hundreds of posts of rabid frothing furor. Hopefully this will help you understand the Koch heads http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer
Dante Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 I posted this link as a topic here last summer and it was met with minimal response. Wasn't surprised though on a board where a topic started by one of the Neocons here of a racist punk cleverly doctoring a videotape of an inconsequential organization like ACORN can be met with hundreds of posts of rabid frothing furor. Hopefully this will help you understand the Koch heads http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer Wow. I like em. Thanks for posting.
Gene Frenkle Posted March 2, 2011 Posted March 2, 2011 Wow. I like em. Thanks for posting. A middle-of-the-road, thinking man like yourself? I find that hard to believe!
Booster4324 Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 A middle-of-the-road, thinking man like yourself? I find that hard to believe! Do you think it is cool Soros does much the same (although perhaps to a lesser scale, not sure)?
Booster4324 Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Wow. I like em. Thanks for posting. You read and digested that whole article in 14 minutes?
Nanker Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Hey look! There are mountains over there! And, there are valleys over there! Wow! Incredible!
Dante Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 You read and digested that whole article in 14 minutes? Yes
Chef Jim Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Hey they have too much money and therefore too much power. Let's take away a bunch of that money in the form of some sort of taxes to reduce the amount of power they have. [/booster4324]
Booster4324 Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Hey they have too much money and therefore too much power. Let's take away a bunch of that money in the form of some sort of taxes to reduce the amount of power they have. [/booster4324] No one is going to do anything evil with money. /Chef
Chef Jim Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 No one is going to do anything evil with money. /Chef So your thoughts are that because a few people, and I'm talking a very small percentage, may abuse the power that comes with money we should excessively tax all of the super affluent? How about we punish the ones that abuse the power.
DC Tom Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 So your thoughts are that because a few people, and I'm talking a very small percentage, may abuse the power that comes with money we should excessively tax all of the super affluent? How about we punish the ones that abuse the power. Better question: the federal government takes in some two trillion a year. Why aren't they evil?
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Better question: the federal government takes in some two trillion a year. Why aren't they evil? Who said they aren't? Not me, certainly.
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