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Kablooie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 02:03 AM
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Enlightenment from the Koch website:
“Charles and David Koch want to use their wealth to give others the same opportunity to succeed that they have had. Having benefited from the capitalist system, they want others to prosper in the same way. "

http://www.kochind.com/kochFacts/KochQuotes.aspx


Ummm... so they want to use their wealth to give others the opportunity to inherit large, successful corporations that were founded by their fathers.

I'd be curious as to how they plan to do this.

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csziggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 02:17 AM
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1. They want to make sure their friends can leave huge fortunes to their children
Tax free without the burden of paying taxes. To them, the bottom 99% of society does not count - they are only concerned with the rest of the top 1%.
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Confusious Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 02:31 AM
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2. I doubt that

They say it, but their actions say different. Always the same with Republicans, say one thing, do something completely different.

What I don't know though, is are they so stupid and blind so as to not see what their actions do, or are they just evil lying bastards?

After 20 years, I'm more on the evil lying bastards side.

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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 03:37 AM
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3. I vote for the evil bastard side myself...nt
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 03:42 AM
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4. I hope the Kck boys keep investing in Scott Walker -> right up until he's recalled :)
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JohnnyRingo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 06:33 AM
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5. Hire at minimum wage...
then convince the workers to invest 90% of their income into Koch Industries for 30 years, and live it up on their huge dividend. LOL.
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randr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 09:08 AM
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6. They got their money the new fashioned way
They stole it!
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proud2BlibKansan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 09:09 AM
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7. ROFLMAO!!!!
More porridge, sir, please, more porridge for ALL of us!!
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DFW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-27-11 09:10 AM
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8. "the same opportunity to succeed that they have had"
So they are going to leave everyone a billion dollars in their wills?

OK, I'm in. Where do I send my contact info?
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