Koch brothers prepared to unleash nearly $1bn leading up to 2016 election

[Natural Citizen]

What we know:

1. At least one of the two koch brothers stand with us on many libertarian principles, this should be well known at RPF by now.

2. The $889M that they are supposedly spending isn't all being directly funded through one channel to one candidate, they will be donated to many different organizations like or are very similar to Freedomworks, AFP, Club for Growth, etc... whom have the opportunity to use that money as they see fit.

etc is a long list. I won't add the lengthy lists of the Koch brothers’ congressional empire in the House and Senate, bankrolled state politicians, Gubernatorial Election candidates, House Energy and Commerce Committe bankroll and the rest of all of that. That sure is a lot of power for a couple of oligarchs to have just because they are billionaires.

Cato Institute, Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, Citizens for a Sound Economy 2, Environmental Literacy Council, George Mason’s Mercatus Center, Property and Environment Research Center, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, Center for Equal Opportunity, Heritage Foundation, Institute for Energy Research, Institute for Humane Studies, Atlas Economic Research Foundation, Bill of Rights Institute, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Youth Entrepreneurs of Kansas, Citizens for Congressional Reform Foundation, Institute for Justice, Frontiers of Freedom Institute, Reason Foundation,Texas Public Policy Foundation, National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship,The Phillips Foundation, Federalist Society,John Locke Foundation, Institute for the Study of Human Origins,Fund for American Studies, American Enterprise Institute & Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, James Madison Institute, Manhattan Institute, John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy, Washington Legal Foundation, Young America’s Foundation, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Leadership Institute, Foundation for Research on Economics & the Environment, American Council on Science & Health, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Laffer Center for Global Economic Growth, National Center for Policy Analysis, Association of Private Enterprise Education, American Legislative Exchange Council, Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives, Capital Research Center, Center for Independent Thought, Tax Foundation,National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Legal Foundation, Independent Women’s Forum, Carbon Dioxide & Global Change Center, International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics,Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Acton Institute, Market Based Management Institute, Fraser Institute, Media Institute, Pacific Research Institute, Heartland Institute, American Council for Capital Formation, Goldwater Institute, George C. Marshall Institute, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, Libertarian Review Foundation, Americans for Tax Reform, Students in Free Enterprise, Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions, Center for Excellence in Education, Center for Freedom & Prosperity Foundation,Ayn Rand Institute, National Tax Limitation Foundation,International Policy Network, North Carolina Institute for Constitutional Law, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Free Enterprise Education Institute, Atlantic Legal Foundation, South Carolina Policy Council for Political Economy, Center for Individual Rights, Media Research Center, Texas Justice Foundation, Future of Freedom Foundation, Foundation for Economic Education, Pacific Legal Foundation, National Taxpayers Union Foundation, Foundation for Human Development, Institute for Policy Innovation, American Spectator, Critical Review Foundation, Galen Institute, Hudson Institute...etc

 

[Keith and stuff]

How many issues do you think $1bn make you compromise on, eh, just a little?

They will own him.

Maybe. They are socially to the left of Rand.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

That simply isn't true. And RT is 100% funded and controlled by the communist Russian government. It is literally illegal for them to broadcast criticism of Putin's government.

It is true. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/propaganda?s=t The "news" report that does not contain value statements or details that color the meaning is so rare that it virtually doesn't exist. Loaded language has been the norm in US journalism for 200+years.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

 

[Natural Citizen]

Is there anything factually incorrect in the op?

 

[heavenlyboy34]

Is there anything factually incorrect in the op?

IDK, as I'm not a fact-checker unless it's something I'm particularly interested in. I was just responding to angie.

 

[Natural Citizen]

IDK, as I'm not a fact-checker unless it's something I'm particularly interested in. I was just responding to angie.

It is understood that the truth do sting a bit. As well, it is expected for some to cry sour grapes or to revert to ad-hominem when they don't like some things being mentioned. I get that. It is a normal human reaction. I'd only ask that if you are going to promote what she is saying with regard to the news that I've shared here in the op as being propaganda then at least take the time to read it prior to running with her meme. That's really all.

 

[NIU Students for Liberty]

That simply isn't true. And RT is 100% funded and controlled by the communist Russian government. It is literally illegal for them to broadcast criticism of Putin's government.

Well, they are not allies to the liberals and the Rand haters, I guess. But for those of us who want smaller government with lower taxes and less regulation, they are allies.

RT >>> Fox News/MSNBC/CNN

And with all of this glorification of the Koch brothers, where were they for all 3 of Ron Paul's presidential campaigns?

 

[georgiaboy]

This is good news for our movement.

 

[Origanalist]

So we have Bloomberg and Soros influencing our elections all over the place but there is some huge problem with the Koch brothers?

 

[r3volution 3.0]

As for the Kochs being opposed to mandatory GMO labeling...

Good, so are libertarians.

 

[Natural Citizen]

So we have Bloomberg and Soros influencing our elections all over the place but there is some huge problem with the Koch brothers?

I have a problem with the phenomenon no matter who does it. The merge of corporation and state is fascism. Period.

 

[Matt Collins]

I don't think that's what Citizen's United case said.... I think the CU case said that corporations could give to PACs and independent expenditures.

 

[Natural Citizen]

As for the Kochs being opposed to mandatory GMO labeling...

Good, so are libertarians.

Do libertarians support the Koch network getting together with Mosanto and penning legislation that specifically voids states rights and then fund a congressman to introduce it? The issue there is far more complex than labeling. They are essentially doing the same thing that we'll see with the TPP. They are attempting to destroy the sovereignty of a state (although domestically in this case) in order to defend themselves from a genuine free market. This is mercantilism....for one...

 

[r3volution 3.0]

Do libertarians support the Koch network getting together with Mosanto and penning legislation that specifically voids states rights?

I don't really care, actually.

At this point, I'm less concerned with adhering to the Constitution than with moving toward liberty.

 

[Natural Citizen]

I don't really care, actually.

At this point, I'm less concerned with adhering to the Constitution than with moving toward liberty.

That's not liberty. That's tyranny. Treason in the case of the congressman.

 

[Natural Citizen]

I don't think that the so called "movement" (what I mean by that are the most active participants who claim political ownership of such a phenomenon) is prepared in any way to fend off a genuine media attack when it comes. And it will come. Have to tighten up. Or something.

 

[r3volution 3.0]

That's not liberty. That's tyranny. Treason in the case of the congressman.

ok

 

[Vanguard101]

How many issues do you think $1bn make you compromise on, eh, just a little?

They will own him.

Yeah like pushing for more criminal justice reform

 

[Keith and stuff]

RT >>> Fox News/MSNBC/CNN

And with all of this glorification of the Koch brothers, where were they for all 3 of Ron Paul's presidential campaigns?

They are big picture liberty activists. They tend not to support fringe candidates (unless it is them running) and aren't even known for getting involved in presidential primaries, anyway. If they get involved this time, something I'm not convinced they will do, I suspect it will be somewhat into the primary season when several candidates have dropped out. So if Rand or Walker is one of the last 4 standing and has a good shot at winning, maybe they will get involved.

They have worked against 100s of bad incumbents via issue campaigns over the years. You have to stay within the law.