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[–] Gake_The_Cake 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago (edited ago)
The Koch Brothers are to the left what George Soros is to the right.
Everyone seems to forget that putting a lot of power in a very limited number of hands is actually a bad thing. Evidently we never learned from "power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely."
[–] mscomies 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Are you really implying that the Koch brothers just took their money and went home after Walker's campaign failed? If one of their politicians fail, they'll just pick another.
[–] Rummel [S] 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
They're propping up Rubio now but he's also a loser
[–] BoiseNTheHood 7 points 5 points 12 points (+12|-7) ago
The Koch brothers are just a scapegoat used by the left to distract everyone from the shit Soros is pulling. And by that, I don't mean the inverse of the Kochs' high crime of donating to Republicans instead of Democrats. I mean making $1 billion off of a country's currency crisis, agitating for the open-borders policies in Europe that created the migrant crisis, and funding subversive movements like the Ferguson protests, Occupy Wall Street, and European pro-migrant NGOs. The Koch brothers are small potatoes compared to this creep.
[–] Rummel [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You always have the most elaborate answers and sources, but always buried with downvotes.
[–] BoiseNTheHood 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
Facts and sources are wasted on the loony left, unfortunately. It's pure feels over reals, every time.
[–] Vvswiftvv17 2 points 3 points 5 points (+5|-2) ago (edited ago)
The Koch brothers paid my husband well when he worked for them on a port. Which is more than I can say for the two leftist nonprofit orgs I worked for and a leftist millionaire who wanted to hire me as his assistant for under $15 with no benefits (to advocate on behalf of his foundation to raise the minimum wage). I declined the job offer (and now work for a religious university making well over $15 an hour with full benefits and retirement package). I have nothing bad to say about them or conservative employers in general. Most take care of their own, it's the leftist employers who suck (remember, Hillary was on the board of Walmart once). I will also redirect you to George Soros.
[–] fagnig 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
Lip service.
[–] Vvswiftvv17 1 point 1 point 2 points (+2|-1) ago
Nope. Lip service is just saying things without context. I have context. Don't be mad because I won't hook your badly formed baited question.
[–] brandon816 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
For the presidential election, sure. Money isn't mattering so much this time, with Trump and Sanders running against their respective parties now. But, remember that they also fund governors and senators too.
P.S. irrelevant
[–] pao_rightinthekisser ago
Let's be honest it was Scott Walker that couldn't save himself. The Koch Brothers will continue to villified until people actually understand what they're doing- finally lifting this country out of the left's control.
[–] Candygram_for_Mongo ago
Agreed. It's 100-1 batshit leftist billionaires to rightwingers. Koch has no more sway then they do, even less I might add after being made a target.
[–] Traveler 2 points -1 points 1 point (+1|-2) ago
No