15-10-2012, 04:35 AM
(This post was last modified: 15-10-2012, 05:52 AM by Adele Edisen.)
The Koch Brothers are "no-goodniks" for sure.
What I find most amusing in a strange sort of way, is how their father, Fred Koch, a real right-right-winger, created his wealth originally to pass down to his sons. He had invented a method of refining oil which he tried to get U.S. oil companies to use. They turned him down, so he went to the Soviet Union and pitched his ideas to them and built oil refineries for them, making millions for himself. So much for capitalism's interest in creating and promoting technological progress. There's a lesson to be learned here.
The Koch Brothers are a real threat to democracy, as are other millionaires and billionaires whose greed and desire for power work against democratic principals and people.
Great article about the Koch Brothers, Magda. Thank you.
Adele
What I find most amusing in a strange sort of way, is how their father, Fred Koch, a real right-right-winger, created his wealth originally to pass down to his sons. He had invented a method of refining oil which he tried to get U.S. oil companies to use. They turned him down, so he went to the Soviet Union and pitched his ideas to them and built oil refineries for them, making millions for himself. So much for capitalism's interest in creating and promoting technological progress. There's a lesson to be learned here.
The Koch Brothers are a real threat to democracy, as are other millionaires and billionaires whose greed and desire for power work against democratic principals and people.
Great article about the Koch Brothers, Magda. Thank you.
Adele