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Koch brothers funding Zimmerman defense?
NOT.
But that's what two people in the past hour have posted in my facebook feed with calls to boycott all their products. Sigh.
Re: Koch brothers funding Zimmerman defense?
They are the evil center of the vast right wing conspiracy. And they make paper products like quilted northern. They singlehandedly created the tea party movement out of thin air as well, I believe.
Find me here instead!
i stopped buying quilted northern a long time ago :-)
Above Us Only Sky
My cousins and Mom are always sending me fowards about these folks, I promptly delete them.
You didn't even know they are pro gay marriage!
Find me here instead!
Well, they do support Scottie. That's pretty f-ing evil in my book.
But I still hate ignorant FB statuses.
They are the major players in ALEC, which has been writing templates for politicians to take to their states. Some have even used the templates word-for-word and didn't bother to change anything. This is why so many states have had similar laws passed.
ALEC was behind the FL "shoot if you feel threatened" law and since that came out, many people are boycotting them. Corporations are dropping out of ALEC also. I haven't bought Georgia Pacific products for a couple of years and I know they bottom line is greatly affected by it! Still, it makes me feel better.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/us/trayvon-martin-death-spurs-group-to-readjust-policy-focus.html?_r=1
The Koch brothers' father Fred, was an early adviser to the founder of the anti- communist John Birch Society, which fought against the civil rights movement and the United Nations.
These are long-standing tenets for the Kochs. In 1980, David Koch ran for vice president on the Libertarian ticket, pledging to abolish Social Security, the Federal Reserve System, welfare, minimum wage laws and federal agencies -- including the Department of Energy, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency.
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What many people don?t know is how the Kochs? anti- regulation political ideology has influenced the way they conduct business.
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Lobbying Washington
The Koch brothers have vaulted into the American political spotlight in recent years. Koch Industries has spent more than $50 million to lobby in Washington since 2006, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan group that tracks political donations. The company opposed derivatives regulation and greenhouse gas limits.
The brothers have backed a foundation that has trained thousands of Tea Party activists. The Tea Party, a popular movement whose name stands for Taxed Enough Already, has grown into a potent force in national politics. Sixty representatives of Congress, out of a total of 435, identify themselves as Tea Party members. Virtually every Republican candidate for president -- including Texas Governor Rick Perry and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann -- has solicited the group?s support.
Much more here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-02/koch-brothers-flout-law-getting-richer-with-secret-iran-sales.html
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2011/02/18/koch-brothers-behind-wisconsin-effort-to-kill-public-unions/
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer
Two links with opinions on each side-
Here is ALEC's site: http://www.alec.org/
Here is the other side: http://alecexposed.org/wiki/What_is_ALEC%3F
Really? I thought he was kind of great.
I am the 99%.