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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

"... the Kochs and their megadonor allies, more than any other group of affluent political partisans, have leveraged their financial clout to do things that traditional party and political committees can’t or won’t do ..."

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COMMENTS: 
*  Let's get real. They do not rival the GOP, they bought the GOP.
*  Every bill promoted by republicans was written by Koch Industries.
*  The Koch brothers bought the GOP because it was for sale.
*  YES. Liberals have their own millionaires, doing similiar things as the Koch brothers.  THEY ARE WRONG TOO.  Stop deflecting. Lets stop pointing fingers and pass campaign finance reform.  If you want to ban abortion, you are going to need campaign finance reform first.  If you want to ban guns, you are going to need campaign finance reform first.  If you want to help the middle class, you are going to need campaign finance reform first.  If you want to fix our immigration system, you are going to need campaign finance reform first.  It doesn't matter if you are conservative or liberal, or somewhere in between. The only way "we the people" can get things done is if we fix our campaign finance system, since "we the people" are no longer in charge of our own goverment.
    *  Unlike the Koch's semi-secret political empire, liberals tend to operate in the sunshine of public disclosure.
    *  Did you read anything I said? This is not about right/left. We need campaign finance reform to protect us from millionaires on both sides.
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How The Koch Network Rivals The GOP
By Kenneth P. Vogel, December 30, 2015

The political machine that Charles Koch launched a dozen years ago in a Chicago hotel conference room with 16 other rich conservatives has exploded in size and influence in the past few elections and now eclipses the official GOP in key areas.

Read more on Politico
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