The Koch brothers, Charles and David, are currently tied for the title 18th richest person in the world (#A). These 2 are THE guys behind Americans For Prosperity. If you see an ad on TV that says, “PAID FOR BY AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY”, it was paid for by these 2 guys and people they explicitly talked into donating to their cause. These 2 Americans are heavily involved with Tea Party funding. For example the union busting Wisconsin tea Party movement was heavily targeted by the efforts of Americans for Prosperity (#D). Are they out campaigning for their own prosperity?
Why are these 2 guys so interested in a libertarian, unregulated, and union-less free market capitalism? What would they do if this happened? What kind of activities could we expect from them? Well maybe we could look at their current activity you say? That idea is simply delightful! The November edition of Bloomberg magazine has done just that (#B, #C). It looks like these guys want the laws gone so they can break them unconditionally.
Some of the things The Koch’s have done include and are probably not limited to; bribing foreign governments (illegal), price fixing (illegal), Trading with Iran (illegal). (#C) These are the things they would like to be able to do more freely in a more libertarian and unregulated USA, and they are buying your Tea-Party movement to get it done.
Here are some places to look if you are unfamiliar with the 2 greatest funders and influencers of todays libertarian tea party movement. I encourage you wholeheartedly to go check out the Bloomberg report links #B and #C. The #B link is a video, the #C link is the whole story.
Additonally, there is a great TYT story based on this bloomberg report. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENuN2R0je0k
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