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The Kochs' quest to save America
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/10/13/171440/the-kochs-quest-to-save-america.htmlBy Bill Wilson and Roy Wenzl | Wichita Eagle
WICHITA, Kansas — In January 2009, just days after the inauguration of President Barack Obama, Charles and David Koch met in their company headquarters in Wichita with their longtime political strategist, Rich Fink.
The country was headed toward bankruptcy, they agreed. Fink told them bluntly that Obama’s administration represented the worst of what Charles and David fear most: a bloated, regulation-heavy, free-spending government that could plunge the country into another deep recession. That day, Fink advised two of the richest men in the nation that it would be the fight of their lives to stop the government spending spree and to change the course of the country, starting with the 2012 election.
“If we are going to do this, we should do it right or not at all,” Fink, 61, recalled telling the brothers. “But if we don’t do it right or if we don’t do it at all, we will be insignificant and we will just waste a lot of time and I would rather play golf. “And if we do it right, then it is going to get very, very ugly.”
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Bookmarked. 
I couldn't finish the whole thing, as after that one comment about corporate subsidies the whole article is a soapbox for right wing ideology.... 
a mcclatchy paper. 
the wingers were out in full force in the comments section. all they kept saying was "what about soros?" lame...
