in this absolutely dreadful expression of dark-money donors' viciously callous extremism now.
Looking at the inevitable effect on average life expectancy if they succeeded in rolling back the safety net we created in the last century, denying to benefits of the medical revolution to many millions, it's impossible not to realize that an intended effect is not just lower/no taxes for them now but a sort of socioeconomic genocide, or "cleansing" as some like to call it, of people they consider unworthy. Libertarians especially are lacking in altruism and truly believe our society is sick, that a healthy one is based on a self selection of the strongest and elimination of the weak.
A genocide also seems even more starkly obvious as a deliberate goal when you realize that we are nearing the end of working full time as a way of life and will need to allocate guaranteed incomes to people they think they won't need, and who don't and won't need them.
Indeed, there was a sense of frustration and urgency inside the private receptions and closed-door briefings at the Koch brothers’ donor retreat this weekend in Colorado Springs, where the billionaire conservatives and their chief lieutenants warned of a rapidly shrinking window to push their agenda through Congress and get legislation to President Donald Trump to sign into law.
No agenda items mattered more to the conservative Koch network than the GOP’s promise to overhaul the nation’s tax code and repeal and replace President Barack Obama’s health care law. At the moment, however, both are bogged down by GOP infighting that jeopardizes their fate.
At least one Koch official warned that the Republican Party’s House majority could be in jeopardy if the GOP-led Congress doesn’t follow through. ... “If they don’t make good on these promises … there are going to be consequences, and quite frankly there should be,” said Sean Lansing, chief operating officer for the Koch network’s political arm, Americans For Prosperity.
“There is urgency,” said AFP president Tim Phillips. “We believe we have a window of about 12 months to get as much of it accomplished as possible before the 2018 elections grind policy to a halt.” The window for action may be even smaller, some Koch allies warned at the three-day donor retreat that drew roughly 400 participants to the base of the Rocky Mountains. The price for admission for most was a pledge to give at least $100,000 this year to the Kochs’ broad policy and political network. There were also at least 18 elected officials on hand.
In between meetings, Rep. Dave Brat, R-Va., predicted dire consequences in next year’s midterm elections should his party fail to deliver on its repeated promises. “If we don’t get health care, none of us are coming back,” he said in a brief interview. “We said for seven years you’re gonna repeal Obamacare. It’s nowhere near repealed.” It’s the same for an overhaul of the tax code, Brat said: “We don’t get taxes through, we’re all going home. Pack the bags.”
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