Ever wonder what the Koch's would do if they ever got control over the federal government?

[Scuba]

David Koch ran for President as a Libertarian in 1980. Here's his platform.

[newfie11]

1. Scary. Nt

[Warpy]

2. You can tell they're rich dreamers, raised on Ayn Rand

If they tried to put any of this into action, the revolution would happen very quickly and they wouldn't like that at all.

[zbdent]

3. The acoustics in Ft. Knox would be phenomenal ...

what with all the room once that nasty gold has been transferred to their private homes ...

[arely staircase]

4. that is why a government shut down makes perfect sense to them

while horrifying the reat of the nation.

[PETRUS]

5. What you mean to say is...

What if the Koch's got complete control. They've got plenty of influence already.

[solarhydrocan]

6. Koch Industries gave funding to the DLC and served on its Executive Council

Koch Industries gave funding to the DLC and served on its Executive Council
8/25/2010 2:01pm by Joe Sudbay
http://americablog.com/2010/08/koch-industries-gave-funding-to-the-dlc-and-served-on-its-executive-council.html

But, here’s a key piece of information: the Kochs haven’t just given to right-wingers. Back in April of 2001, The American Prospect’s Bob Dreyfuss reported that the Kochs also funded the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC):

One member of the DLC’s executive council is none other than Koch Industries, the privately held, Kansas-based oil company whose namesake family members are avatars of the far right, having helped to found archconservative institutions like the Cato Institute and Citizens for a Sound Economy. Not only that, but two Koch executives, Richard Fink and Robert P. Hall III, are listed as members of the board of trustees and the event committee, respectively–meaning that they gave significantly more than $25,000.

The DLC board of trustees is an elite body whose membership is reserved for major donors, and many of the trustees are financial wheeler-dealers who run investment companies and capital management firms–though senior executives from a handful of corporations, such as Koch, Aetna, and Coca-Cola, are included.
http://prospect.org/article/how-dlc-does-it

Fitting, isn’t it? The entity that tries to undermine the progressive agenda from within the Democratic Party was getting funding from the guys who are trying to destroy the Democratic Party from the outside.

Just a side note: The DLC’s long-time CEO, Bruce Reed, is now the Executive Director of the Obama administration’s Debt Commission, a.k.a. the Cat Food Commission.

The Rightwing Koch Brothers Fund the DLC
February 09, 2006
http://www.democrats.com/node/7789

But the Kochs have been working both sides of the fence. As Bill Berkowitz writes, the Koch brothers have also been funding the Democratic Leadership Council.

"Sure, the DLC took some Koch money" --Ed Kilgore, the DLC's policy director.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7971-2004Oct28_4.html

Bill Clinton- Chair of the DLC -1990–1991. Hillary - prominent member of the DLC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Leadership_Council

[Scuba]

7. Sad, eh?