Koch donors want you to know that the Koch brothers will save American democracy

Koch donors want you to know that the Koch brothers will save American democracy

by Luke Brinker at Salon

http://www.salon.com/2015/02/04/koch_donors_want_you_to_know_that_the_koch_brothers_will_save_american_democracy/

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In a Dallas Morning News op-ed posted late Monday night, Doug and Holly Deason, two major donors to Charles and David Koch’s conservative political network, argue that the billionaire brothers want nothing more than to “help the least fortunate, defend individual freedom and create lasting prosperity for more and more hard-working Americans.” That may come as news to observers who associate the energy billionaires with self-interested campaigns to defeat government regulation, elect hard-right Republicans, and create an electoral system dominated by a select few plutocrats. But these totally disinterested observers are here to disabuse you of such misinformation.

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Predictably, the couple also denounce efforts to curb the influence of money in politics — or, as they put it, “control political speech.” Absent the Kochs, who will prevent the erosion of our most basic freedoms?

Karen Hobert Flynn, the senior vice president at Common Cause, has a ready retort. “The notion that the Koch brothers and their friends want to protect the rest of us from special interest influence in Washington is hilarious — the ultimate illustration of the pot calling the kettle black,” Flynn told Salon. ”

“All the available evidence says that they want to toss aside clean air and clean water laws, demolish workers’ rights, and make it harder for people who don’t share their views to vote,” she added, referring to the Koch network’s support for voter suppression efforts.





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