Fear and loathing in Kochland
The ultra-conservative billionaire brothers fear that a yuuuuge economic downturn will devastate their influence and empower those filthy hippie progressives:
In a BuzzFeed report about Charles and David Koch working to hold Republican lawmakers accountable, it was revealed that the right has suddenly become the dog that caught the car. Over the weekend, the brothers brought together a conference of 550 donors who give more than $100,000 each year to the Koch’s fundraising network.
“[Americans] are looking for answers to economic insecurity and this feeling that things are still not fair,” sad Brian Hooks, co-chairman of the Koch’s network. He claimed that their message will not a partisan one.
“The message is very, very clear: The American people are hurting and they need for things to get better,” he continued. “And if things don’t get better, then we should expect history to repeat itself. Not only will millions of Americans dreams be dashed, but we should expect that the political pendulum will swing with even more force in the other direction next time — even further to the left than Bernie Sanders or Liz Warren.”
They say that latter bit as if it were a bad thing!
The Koch’s donor claque held their semi-annual confab over the weekend, and Politico got a couple of choice comments that highlight the coterie’s cognitive dissonance:
Liz Wright, another donor attending the retreat from Colorado, added: “Anyone who stands for freedom, we will support. And those who are more populist, not so much. We’ll stay true to our principles.”
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“Those of us who think about politics a lot think that’s crazy,” said Chart Wescott, a donor from Texas. “But most Americans aren’t like the people in this room — or the media for that matter. They’re just working types who wanted something different. All they wanted was something different.”
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23 responses to Fear and loathing in Kochland
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robert January 30th, 2017 at 11:50
I can see where recent immigration decisions will cut into their profits big time
If you sleep with dirty dogs Enjoy the flea’s
Foundryman January 30th, 2017 at 12:08
55 million dollars a year from the richest people in the world and all you hear from the right wing idiots is Soros Soros Soros.!
These are the people who pay to keep Limbaugh and his cabal of liars on the radio, they are the ones who pay Drudge and finance the hundreds of right wing websites like Breitbart. They own TV stations, cable companies and newspapers.
They don’t want freedom for all of us, they want their kingdoms back for themselves. The Resistance is only beginning, when we start to see the end of it, many of these lowlife greedy vermin won’t even live in America anymore.
Mike January 30th, 2017 at 12:11
Why is it that the richest people in the world always want more ….?
anothertoothpick January 30th, 2017 at 12:45
It’s not just that they want more,Mike, in fact we all want more, but they want it all.
And the more they get, the more powerful they get to buy the politicians to get it all.
Larry Schmitt January 30th, 2017 at 12:49
Even all isn’t enough. They still want more.
anothertoothpick January 30th, 2017 at 13:13
The viable middle class has not been around for all that long in this country.
The middle class has shrunk consistently over the past half-century. Until 2000, the reason was primarily because more Americans moved up the income ladder. But since then, the reason has shifted: There is a greater share of households on the lower rungs of the economic ladder.
VooDoo economics is working quite well.
Larry Schmitt January 30th, 2017 at 13:22
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Larry Schmitt January 30th, 2017 at 13:27
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anothertoothpick January 30th, 2017 at 13:42
Trickle-down theory was in fact an economic theory dredged up from the dustbin of history originally called “horse-and-sparrow theory.” According to John Kenneth Galbraith, if you feed horses enough oats, it will pass through their digestive systems and their droppings will provide enough leftover oats to feed the sparrows. Translation: “Eat $hit” Economics.
Larry Schmitt January 30th, 2017 at 14:50
That’s assuming the sparrows don’t mind picking through the horseshit for their oats. I can’t remember seeing sparrows doing that.
Buford2k11 January 30th, 2017 at 12:34
these guys are trying to force us to live by their rules, and how they think we should live and breath…they are just one of our domestic enemies…they were very successful with their purchases this year…they got Pence, and they have had the gop leadership and a small and vocal caucus that has been causing problems in governing…they are evil, and calculating, and are not loyal Americans..
Larry Schmitt January 30th, 2017 at 12:50
And yet they probably go to church every Sunday, and consider themselves to be good “Christians.”
Suzanne McFly January 30th, 2017 at 18:28
Yeah and they love to quote 2 Corinthians.
anothertoothpick January 30th, 2017 at 12:43
Ray-gun killing the unions, and giant tax breaks for the rich is the reason we are
Despite what you see on Fox News, capitalism is not an economic system that produces a middle class. In fact, if left to its own devices, capitalism tends towards vast levels of inequality and monopoly.
So, for average working people, there is no such thing as a middle class in “normal” capitalism. Wealth accumulates at the very top among the elites, not among everyday working people. Inequality is the default option.
Since marginal tax rates started to plummet during the Reagan years, income inequality has skyrocketed.
Larry Schmitt January 30th, 2017 at 12:48
And the marginal rate doesn’t even tell the whole story. That’s just the highest rate that gets applied to a very small percentage of income. A better figure would be the effective rate. The thing is, if a millionaire’s tax rate is doubled, he is still very rich. But if someone making $50,000 has his tax rate doubled, it makes a much bigger difference.
anothertoothpick January 30th, 2017 at 12:58
Very good point Larry.
Somehow, since Ray-Gun, a lot of working class people have been convinced that what is good for the super rich, is good for them.
Larry Schmitt January 30th, 2017 at 12:43
Well, they got different all right.
Larry Schmitt January 30th, 2017 at 15:00
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amersham1046 January 30th, 2017 at 15:26
Just think, the Koch Tribe leaning upon all those member of Congress the bought and paid for not to support at nutbar GOP president
William January 30th, 2017 at 15:48
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Larry Schmitt January 30th, 2017 at 16:31
Compare what they did with their wealth with what Bill Gates has done with his.
bpollen January 31st, 2017 at 03:56
Well, daddy was a Bircher. They were taught radical ideology with their mother’s milk.
majii January 30th, 2017 at 16:58
Not for one d*mn minute do I believe these rich b*st*rds care about anyone other than themselves. Freedom is the word they use to transfer more wealth from the 99% to themselves, in that they think they should be “free” to do it, and the rest of us should STFU about it.