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In lengthy interviews with a conservative magazine, the billionaire Koch brothers mounted an aggressive defense of their business and political interests, describing their liberal critics as 'very, very extreme' and 'very dangerous' and President Barack Obama as a 'radical' with 'Marxist' ideas whose success is owed largely to his 'silver tongue.' Obama is 'the most radical president we?ve ever had as a nation ? and has done more damage to the free enterprise system and long-term prosperity than any president we?ve ever had,' David Koch is quoted saying in a story posted late Friday on the website of the Weekly Standard...

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0311/51978.html



Billionaire self-pity and the Koch Brothers

Salon
by Glenn Greenwald

03/27/11

Theres no question in my mind that the unrestrained power over the political process and both political parties enjoyed by oligarchs is the single greatest political problem the country faces -- the overarching problem -- but in the scheme of corporate and oligarchical dominance, the Koch Brothers are a small part of that dynamic. Nor do I believe that theyre motivated in their political activism by personal profit: for people with a net worth of $20 billion, there are vastly more efficient ways to convert ones wealth into greater wealth than spending money to influence public policy; I think theyre True Believers...

http://salon.com/a/sJi8fAA


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



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