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In reply to the discussion: Boris Nemtsov's Murder May Have Been Provocation: Russian Officials [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)31. He's worth more than the Koch brothers at $200B. No wonder he and others think highly of him.
Russia's former largest foreign investor: Putin is worth $200 billion
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026231601
The Koch brothers are now worth $100B, and stood to double that with Keystone, something Obama noted in an interview as a reason to reject it. They want to buy the government Citizens United style.
They have been squalling about not getting it since Obama arrived in office, promising to take revenge if he didn't go along with the first CR after his election in 2009. And they followed through, funding the Tea Party and getting in control in 2010, as a first shutdown fight was on with the 2011 budget.
It's never ended, and their voices from all sides have assisted in their efforts to shutdown government to force that tax free gift to the Koch brothers. Some don't want to know what is going on with these oligarchs, they blame government as if thought up all this stuff by itself. But it's under a heavy siege and in order to protect the many, it makes compromises it wouldn't do otherwise.
In Russia, the oligarchs are much more direct in their demands. It's very sad to see those people being abused as they are now. If we let them consolidate their elected edge, I expect the same will come here, unless Americans get their act together and stop falling for the Reich wing media.
$200B, like $100B, buys a lot of friends...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026231601
The Koch brothers are now worth $100B, and stood to double that with Keystone, something Obama noted in an interview as a reason to reject it. They want to buy the government Citizens United style.
They have been squalling about not getting it since Obama arrived in office, promising to take revenge if he didn't go along with the first CR after his election in 2009. And they followed through, funding the Tea Party and getting in control in 2010, as a first shutdown fight was on with the 2011 budget.
It's never ended, and their voices from all sides have assisted in their efforts to shutdown government to force that tax free gift to the Koch brothers. Some don't want to know what is going on with these oligarchs, they blame government as if thought up all this stuff by itself. But it's under a heavy siege and in order to protect the many, it makes compromises it wouldn't do otherwise.
In Russia, the oligarchs are much more direct in their demands. It's very sad to see those people being abused as they are now. If we let them consolidate their elected edge, I expect the same will come here, unless Americans get their act together and stop falling for the Reich wing media.
$200B, like $100B, buys a lot of friends...
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The dolphin therapy failed? Maybe something deeper is going on there? freshwest sez:
freshwest
Mar 2015
#42
It's "the West's" fault! Ask robert parry or any of the other "blame the West first/Putin is
Cha
Feb 2015
#5
Nah, according to the putin protectors around here.. they got an answer for everything.. & putin is
Cha
Feb 2015
#8
How can we blame Putin when we dont have any moral authoirty to place blame on anyone?
politicman
Feb 2015
#9
Because Putin is to Blame.. I know the putin protectors want to shut down discussion about him
Cha
Feb 2015
#10
You "wake up".. and quit trying to shut down discussion on Putin.. This isn't Russia.
Cha
Feb 2015
#18
Good.. glad you're amused because there will not be any discussion shut down on Putin's actions in
Cha
Feb 2015
#20
well im sorry i can be a hypocrit and act outraged at putin without pointing out our own wrongs
politicman
Mar 2015
#27
no one is defending Putin, what I am doing is pointing out how Putin is just doing what we are
politicman
Mar 2015
#73
He sure seems invested in making sure we don't have any interest in posting "Putrid's" actions in
Cha
Mar 2015
#40
we reserve the right of national security interests, so why criticise them for claiming the same
politicman
Mar 2015
#50
What abotu Obama's intervention of Libya that resulted in a country in chaos?
politicman
Mar 2015
#72
We do actually. It doesn't give Putin any excuse, but don't pretend we're not in the same boat
Scootaloo
Mar 2015
#51
Recognizing cause and effect (e.g., blame) does not require moral authority.
LanternWaste
Mar 2015
#58
More false flag sucker bait. Ever seen Putin accused of it on RT, etc.? Yeah, right...
freshwest
Feb 2015
#12
Celebrity media smells where the money is going. Chump change to a man worth $200B.
freshwest
Mar 2015
#32
He's worth more than the Koch brothers at $200B. No wonder he and others think highly of him.
freshwest
Mar 2015
#31
Of the top FIVE Political Parites in Russia, which one was Boris Nemtsov in?? The Answer is NONE.
happyslug
Mar 2015
#62
He did not even have the 5% Lenin claim he needed to take over a government..
happyslug
Mar 2015
#71