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annm4peace

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1. Koch brothers should be on Trial not Carlos and other activists

Reply to annm4peace (Original post)

Mon Jun 4, 2012, 11:25 PM

Jun 2012

It is so shameful.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=764850

As big funders of the Tea Party, billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch have underwritten a populist movement against oversized government and 'excessive' regulation.

Now a new report suggests that in their own corporation, they've taken a different approach to government regulation: They've simply ignored it.

An extensive investigation in Bloomberg Markets magazine finds that Koch Industries has made multiple 'improper payments' (read: bribes) to win business in Africa, India and the Middle East; rigged prices with competitors; and used foreign subsidiaries to sell equipment to Iran

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Urgent: L.A. Carlos Montes goes to court Tuesday, June 5 (tomorrow!)(freedom to dissent is on trial) [View all] annm4peace Jun 2012 OP

Koch brothers should be on Trial not Carlos and other activists annm4peace Jun 2012 #1

non-violent, peace and social justice activists are very scary to powers that be. annm4peace Jun 2012 #2

California Teachers Association supports Carlos Montes annm4peace Jun 2012 #3

Please make a call today annm4peace Jun 2012 #4