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Leigh Woodward's avatar

Koch is a poison on this country. Typical of extreme right wing apologists, he denies what he is doing and claims to be everything he is not. He will never support a democrat. Another narcissistic jerk.

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J Circosta's avatar

This country has a long history of wealthy industrialists thinking they have a right to pull the strings in government. I suppose it’s the same everywhere but, now in the US, following Cit United & with a right wing dominated SC, they must feel doubly empowered. Every so often Koch comes out with some PR announcement to make the Koch network of influence look good. We have only to look at Ron Johnson to realize that that’s all it is: PR.

At the root of it all, IMHO, is social Darwinism. These super wealthy think they are far superior to the common masses because they’ve accumulated enormous wealth. They seem to also think that their superiority gives them special privilege to pollute, over run local governments, determine policy in Washington, and, of course, control elections. Because, after all, they can’t have elected officials who believe in good government, decent wages, reining in deadly toxins, etc. I’m left wondering how to rewrite these spoon-fed headlines to be truthful without being accused of liberal bias.

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