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Nanjing to Seoul

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Thu Feb 6, 2014, 03:19 AM Feb 2014

A rare look into the Koch Brothers' scumpiles.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/02/05/a-rare-look-inside-the-koch-brothers-political-empire/


A rare look inside the Koch brothers political empire

By Matea Gold
February 5 at 2:19 pm

The labyrinthian design of the political network backed by the Koch brothers and their fellow conservative donors serves several purposes, but one of the biggest is to ensure the privacy of its financial backers. As we detailed last month, the money flows through a complex maze of tax-exempt groups and limited liability corporations, creating multiple barriers that shield the identities of the donors. Such anonymous contributions should be allowed, Charles Koch has argued, to protect people from the attacks that he and his brother David and their company have fielded. Critics say the Kochs and their allies seek to influence elections without accountability.


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A rare look into the Koch Brothers' scumpiles. (Original Post) Nanjing to Seoul Feb 2014 OP
No wonder when we start to tug on one thread of the spider web Warpy Feb 2014 #1
Ahem... ReRe Feb 2014 #4
kick nominate Ichingcarpenter Feb 2014 #2
The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks Own And Control The Politicians That Own And Control Us cantbeserious Feb 2014 #3
It can only be healed by removing the head WhiteTara Feb 2014 #5

Warpy

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1. No wonder when we start to tug on one thread of the spider web
Thu Feb 6, 2014, 03:21 AM
Feb 2014

we find a Koch brother sitting right in the middle of it.

They need to be stopped before they wreck this country completely.

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