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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWant To Boycott Koch Brothers' Products While Shopping? There's An App For That
Theres a good chance billionaire industrialists and liberal whipping boys Charles and David Koch are making money off your weekly shopping cart.
If youve ever bought Brawny paper towels, Angel Soft toilet paper or Dixie cups, youve contributed cash to Georgia-Pacific, a subsidiary of Koch Industries .
If youve purchased a pair of yoga pants containing Lycra or a Stainmaster carpet, youve indirectly handed the Kochs your money: Koch Industries bought Invista, the worlds largest fiber and textiles company, in 2004 from DuPont.
You didnt know that, did you? Neither did Darcy Burner, a Democrat running for Washington states 1st Congressional District seat but once she learned how many household products are manufactured by the conservative billionaires companies, she decided to take action.
Our democracy has been bought and sold by people like the Kochs, Burner said, citing the Citizens United ruling that allows tax exempt nonprofits like Americans for Prosperity, founded by David Koch, to donate anonymously in unlimited amounts to candidates and causes. When Im out talking to voters, they say they want a way to take action.
more . . .
http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2012/06/18/microsoft-programmer-turned-democrat-politician-plans-anti-koch-brothers-smartphone-app/
Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)Cheers!
pacalo
(24,721 posts)samsingh
(17,593 posts)Cha
(296,889 posts)Cha
(296,889 posts)Hawaii
marzipanni
(6,011 posts)But if the pants contained a carpet the Lycra would certainly be necessary.
I'd appreciate that app. if I had a smart phone.