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mcar

(42,208 posts)
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 08:05 PM Sep 2017

Koch network 'piggy banks' closed until Republicans pass health and tax reform

Now we know what this latest attempt to kill their constituents is about.

NB: this article is from June. It's coming to the fore again for obvious reasons.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/26/koch-network-piggy-banks-closed-republicans-healthcare-tax-reform

At a weekend donor retreat attended by at least 18 elected officials, the Koch brothers warned that time is running out to push their agenda, most notably healthcare and tax reform, through Congress.

One Texas-based donor warned Republican lawmakers that his “Dallas piggy bank” was now closed, until he saw legislative progress.

“Get Obamacare repealed and replaced, get tax reform passed,” said Doug Deason. “Get it done and we’ll open it back up.”

There was a sense of deep frustration from conservative officials and donors alike, decrying the pace of progress in Washington with Republicans controlling both chambers of Congress and the White House for the first time in a decade.

Deason has already informed a handful of congressional Republicans that the “Dallas piggy bank” is closed until he sees more action. He said he was recently approached by congressmen Mark Meadows of North Carolina and Jim Jordan of Ohio about hosting a fundraiser.

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Koch network 'piggy banks' closed until Republicans pass health and tax reform (Original Post) mcar Sep 2017 OP
The Kochs and Mercer own this country! BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #1
Well, isn't that special? lindysalsagal Sep 2017 #2
Good Koch Bros reminded everybody that they are the Uber Employer of all Republican Reps & Senators stuffmatters Sep 2017 #3
I pointed to the Koch alliance and their types as explanation for Cassidy-Graham Hortensis Sep 2017 #4
It's not being pointed out at all mcar Sep 2017 #5
A very grim sign the problems with a corrupted media are far more Hortensis Sep 2017 #7
Who says the billionaires run the world? DK504 Sep 2017 #6
The only way to defeat a bully, is to stand up to them. That would be one way to defeat haveahart Sep 2017 #8
Yup! Leith Sep 2017 #10
One of the Koch brothers had Cancer LyndaG Sep 2017 #9

BigmanPigman

(51,430 posts)
1. The Kochs and Mercer own this country!
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 08:10 PM
Sep 2017

When I watch Vietnam on PBS and hear their name it makes me so angry. They are not kind and benevolent with their money.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
4. I pointed to the Koch alliance and their types as explanation for Cassidy-Graham
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 08:26 PM
Sep 2017

on another thread. The screws are obviously being turned here.

Grimly, strikingly absent all along have been almost all media reports about who's controlling most factions of the GOP. And apparently much of the MSM, whether through fright or by other means. To watch all TV and cable networks and read most newspapers, people could be forgiven for thinking Republican congressmen were putting their jobs on the line by trying to repeal a program popular with a large majority of Americans strictly out of...principle?

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. A very grim sign the problems with a corrupted media are far more
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 08:30 PM
Sep 2017

severe than realized. Just like Russia.

 

haveahart

(905 posts)
8. The only way to defeat a bully, is to stand up to them. That would be one way to defeat
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 08:31 PM
Sep 2017

Citizen's United. We ought to start a movement to find out who gets their money from Koch and the Mercers and target everyone of them for embarrassment and defeat. There is more than one way to skin a rat!

Leith

(7,802 posts)
10. Yup!
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 11:00 PM
Sep 2017

Congress critters always complain about how they have to make telephone calls for hours every day to raise money. It looks like they can solve that problem, the problem with the health care debacle, and get back to working for the good of the voters all at one time.

Get money out of politics.

LyndaG

(683 posts)
9. One of the Koch brothers had Cancer
Tue Sep 19, 2017, 10:55 PM
Sep 2017

Guess it didn't make him sensitive to the fact that others need healthcare to survive.

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