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The Koch brothers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Koch dynasty.
See also: Koch Industries
The Koch family (/koʊk/ KOHK) is an American family engaged in business, most noted for their political activities (donating to libertarian, criminal justice reform, and Republican Party causes), and control of Koch Industries, the second-largest privately owned company in the United States (with 2017 revenues of $100 billion).[1] The family business was started by Fred C. Koch, who developed a new cracking method for the refinement of heavy crude oil into gasoline.[2][3] Fred's four sons litigated against each other over their interests in the business during the 1980s and 1990s.[4]
Charles G. Koch and David H. Koch, today commonly referred to as the Koch brothers – and the only two of Fred Koch's four sons still with Koch Industries – are affiliated with the Koch family foundations.[5] Charles and David Koch have built a political network of conservative donors and the brothers funnel financial revenue into television and multi-media advertising.[6]
Contents
1 Family members
2 Non-profit organizations
3 Political activities
4 Public policy
5 See also
6 References
Family members
Fred C. Koch (1900–1967), American chemical engineer and entrepreneur who founded the oil refinery firm that later became Koch Industries and was one of the founding members of the John Birch Society[7][8][9][10]
Mary Robinson Koch (1907–1990),[11] wife of Fred C. and eponym of the company's namesake tanker vessel Mary R. Koch
Four sons of Fred C. and Mary Robinson Koch:[11]
Frederick R. Koch (born 1933), collector
Charles G. Koch (born 1935), chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Koch Industries
David H. Koch (born 1940), executive vice president of Koch Industries
William Koch (born 1940), businessman, sailor, and collector
Non-profit organizations
Main article: Koch family foundations
The Koch family foundations are a related group of non-profit organizations that began with the establishment of the Fred and Mary Koch Foundation in 1953, and now includes the Charles Koch Foundation, the David H. Koch Charitable Foundation and the Koch Cultural Trust. The organizations collectively have a stated goal of "advancing liberty and freedom" through the support of various causes which "further social progress and sustainable prosperity."[12] In addition to the direct action of the non-profits, the groups have also contributed financially to other philanthropic organizations in the fields of research, public well-being, arts, and education, including contributions to scholarship programs, university support, and loan assistance through organizations like the United Negro College Fund.[13]
Political activities
Main article: Political activities of the Koch brothers
Charles and David Koch have been active in American politics since at least 1980, when David Koch was the Libertarian Party's vice-presidential nominee. Their political contributions began to attract widespread attention from media outlets in 2008, when, through their family foundations, the brothers contributed to 34 political and policy organizations, three of which they founded, and several of which they directed.[14] They have since organized a network of an estimated 500 libertarian and conservative donors,[15] candidates, think tanks, and other groups. As an example of their influence, Jane Mayer noted House Speaker John Boehner's appeal to David Koch in 2011 when Boehner needed votes to prevent a government shutdown.[16]
The Koch brothers indicated that they intended to raise almost $880 million in support of candidates in the 2016 elections,[17] and have given more than $100 million[18] to conservative and libertarian policy and advocacy groups in the United States,[19] including the Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute, and more recently Americans for Prosperity.[20]
"Americans for Prosperity", founded by David Koch, has been reported by Kenneth Vogel of Politico to be one of the main nonprofit groups assisting the Tea Party movement; but in 2010, Koch spokeswoman Melissa Cohlmia distanced the Kochs from the tea parties and FreedomWorks saying that "no funding has been provided by Koch companies, the Koch foundations, Charles Koch or David Koch specifically to support the tea parties."[21] According to the Koch Family Foundations and Philanthropy website, "the foundations and the individual giving of Koch family members" have financially supported organizations "fostering entrepreneurship, education, human services, at-risk youth, arts and culture, and medical research."[22]
Former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, has pointed out that, although their critics are usually unaware of the fact, the Koch brothers have supported more than just what are generally considered conservative causes. They opposed George W. Bush on many issues, are pro-choice, support same sex marriage, and worked closely with the Obama White House for the Obama administration's criminal justice reform initiatives that aligned with their own.[23][24]
In early 2018, political advocacy groups linked to the Koch family pledged to spend $400 million on the 2018 midterm elections, including $20 million to promote the H.R.1 – An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018 to skeptical voters.[25]
Public policy
The Koch family funding apparatus has been funding libertarian groups through think tanks for over forty years. The Cato Institute, which Charles Koch helped create in 1974, is consistently ranked as among the top 25 U.S. think tanks overall in terms of influence on public policy in the United States.[26] In 2015, the Kochs worked with the American Civil Liberties Union on criminal justice reform, specifically in the realm of civil asset forfeiture. The Kochs have also worked to push legislation aiming to adjust federal sentencing guidelines and reduce prison populations.[27]
According to investigative reporter Jane Mayer[28] and the environmental NGO Greenpeace, the Koch brothers have played an active role in opposing climate change legislation. Anthropogenic climate change skeptic Willie Soon received $230,000 from the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation.[29][30] Organizations that the Koch brothers help fund, such as Americans for Prosperity, The Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, the CO2 Coalition and the Manhattan Institute, have been active in questioning global warming.[31]
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2019-07-04 at 7:58 AM UTC in Happy Independance day guys
Originally posted by WellHung didnt watch
i'm sure you got a busy day ahead. here..
10. George Washington Was Hardly A Singular Military Genius
9. The British Were Spread Incredibly Thin, And the US Still Needed Help From our Strongest Enemies
8. The American Revolution Was Not Nearly As Popular At Home As You Might Think
7. The Revolutionary War Was Basically A Proxy War Between France and Great Britain
6. American Indians Fought For The British And Provided Excellent Guerrilla Warfare
5. No Taxation Without Representation Really Only Applied To Rich White Landowners
4. American’s Consider The Founders Christian, But Many Were Deists Or Masons
3. King George III Did Not Put Extra Taxes On The Colonies Just To Be A Big Meanie
2. Many Of The Most Famous Revolutionary Heroes Are Embellished Or Did Not Exist At All
1. The Revolutionary War Did Not Actually End Officially Even After The Surrender At Yorktown
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2019-07-02 at 4:19 PM UTC in look in desperate can anyone help ASAP
Originally posted by GGG That is not what I'm saying.
I'm saying you don't know how ridiculous OP actually is. I'll just make a quick list of things I have personally seen while with her.
-Getting out of a moving car while pregnant
-Throwing what would have been her to be born baby's crib out into the yard during an argument with her husband. He did not have a crib even by his first birthday when I came back to visit.
-Pulling a gun on me so she could kill herself in peace… twice. The second time I had already thrown out the bullets with her grandmother because we didn't want her having access to them, but she didn't know that and she didn't even check the gun. The first time I distinctly remember the phrase, "I don't give a fuck I'll shoot him through the fucking wall" (in reference to me, sipping on rum in my room and chilling on the computer to get away from their arguing)
-Didn't want to go into Walmart to ask them if I could BORROW a gas can (not buy) at hydro's request, so she started ripping chunks out of her hair in the parking lot and screaming at the top of her lungs I WANT TO DIE I WANT TO FUCKING DIE OH GOD WHY CAN'T I JUST BE FUCKING DEAD. There were some cart boys collecting carts and I remember them stopping dead in their tracks to look. This is when I got out, got refused for a can (like I knew would obviously happen) so I bought one so we could get some fucking gas and leave already, and she got mad at me for buying the can.
-Believes in a completely fictional deity she made up called Plantessi.
-Tried to prostitute herself while in a relationship with me. Later did it while in a relationship with another member. Finally, she got in a relationship with a third NIS member who did not care about her prostitution, but evidently thought her crazy enough to ghost her while she was in surgery.
-Named her kid some really crazy shit that I will not repeat, but it will probably fuck him up later in life unless he's really really hardworking like that Marijuana Pepsi girl who was in the news recently.
-Gave birth at home in a metal trough filled with water and fed the placenta to her 12 dogs she had at the time.
-Was in a relationship with a guy she knew molested a 6 year old girl. For ten fucking years. Even after he hit her across the head with a metal pipe and made her have a seizure. Even after he violently raped her, and continued to rape her. But all that said, they were equally as abusive towards each other. Literally everyone in her family was so obscenely toxic. I thought it was bad when I hitchhiked down the first time as I'd never seen anyone so casually yell like that at their spouse/father. Second time all hell broke loose and she showed me how crazy she really was.
-Called the police and made them do a welfare check because she told them I had killed my mom. This was after I had told her I didn't want to talk to her anymore and stopped responding to her texts
-One time she took a bunch of benzos and texted me a bunch of shit about how she wanted to die and "Goodbye because I'm going to do suicide by cop" and then just left me hanging the rest of the night.
-Another time I dumped her and she tried to pull out her IUD with pliers and told me she was thinking about burning her cunt with lye so it doesn't have feeling because 'If I'm not having sex with you then I never want sex again." Obviously this was a massive fucking lie.
But for what its worth, I do think she really needs opiates. Not heroin though. Nobody needs street heroin. She's got legitimate medical conditions though from being stupid and getting kicked around by horses and shit. I could seriously go on with the stories because there are tons of them. She went into big yelling matches at LEAST every other day, no exaggeration.
the best story tho was the one when she was watching you getting bum fucked by her pedo boyfriend and you looked round and saw her laughing and you grinned back at her because you thought she was just smiling at you, but she was actually laughing at the big flabby ripples she was watching roll right up your back with every thrust into your big fat ass, and you had no idea that was what she was laughing at.
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2019-06-30 at 9:59 PM UTC in Soph, no!oh shit §m£ÂgØL doesn't agree guys, wtf we gonna do Now?
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2019-06-29 at 1:23 PM UTC in The Retarded Thread: Malice Metro Edition
Originally posted by DietPiano They did last year when I was living in a different state
fucking unreal. imagine how many overdoses would have called an ambulance but were too worried they'd get arrested. maybe thought they'd at least hold on and see how it goes like? that dumb law is literally killing people.
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2019-06-27 at 10:59 AM UTC in For all the 30+ year olds out there..Stopped reading @ watched 10 seasons of friends
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2019-06-27 at 11:13 PM UTC in What Ipad should I buyi can see the prosecutions opening statement now
"the defendant even attempted suicide due to the shame and guilt he felt over his pedophillic tendancies. this information was passed onto police by their counterparts in britain who were investigating a british man for making threats online to the defendant"
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2019-06-27 at 10:34 PM UTC in Anyone used to post on Zokletif spectroll says it you can be pretty much sure its bullshit
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2019-06-26 at 1:34 PM UTC in Has Finneas run out of accounts?he will when lanny comes back online
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2019-06-27 at 2:52 PM UTC in Stick a feather in your hat, Yankee doodle
Originally posted by GGG Uh yes they did. Never heard of the stamp act ey? People in the colonies paid sales tax just like we do. They also had crazy high import and export taxes.
Hence.. Boston tea harbor.
that shit only affected the rich. fact is most people in america at the time didn't even support the revolution. to britain it was just some little unimportant side theatre to the big war going on in europe at the time. and if it wasn't for the spanish and the french navy you wouldn't have even had a war, it would have been over in less than 5 minutes.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-06-26 at 12:49 PM UTC in I don't feel "fulfilled"i'm pretty sure nature didn't really intend for any of us to feel fullfilled. its just another human thought up construction.
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2019-06-26 at 10:13 AM UTC in things you are thankful for
Originally posted by OG_GREENPLASTIC_JOHNSON_III i am thankful that i live a 30 second walk from my job and at night when i'm stoned and want a cookie i can go over there right before they close and just ask for one and they give it to me. otherwise i'd have to go all the way to the grocery store, buy a whole package of cookies and probably eat every last one and fucking hate myself afterwards
livin the dream dude
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2019-06-26 at 10:33 PM UTC in Has Finneas run out of accounts?totse legacy? is that the new summer 2019 range of handbags?
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2019-06-26 at 9:26 PM UTC in Has Finneas run out of accounts?The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-06-26 at 12:18 PM UTC in things you are thankful fori'm thankful for dicetylmorphine and lsd
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2019-06-25 at 2:24 PM UTC in 11 Year old molested and gets VD ..conclusion: wariat is clinically retarded
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2019-06-25 at 2:30 PM UTC in Epstein gets 13 Months for Sex Traffickingyou notice a lot of people in prison do that, they constantly point out about others who are worse than what they are. like it somehow justifies themselves or makes them ok.
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