The Koch Brothers control many universities, and may own the next Sec’y of Commerce

[nebris]

by Gaius Publius on 5/14/2011 07:05:00 PM
Joan McCarter at Daily Kos asks a very interesting question: "Should the next Commerce Secretary be part of the Koch machine?"

Let's take that apart a little at a time, starting with the end - the Koch Brothers Machine. You see, it's not just Florida State's economics department they've bought. The

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[badnewswade]

This is scary. Whatever happens, the rich seem to get more and more powerful; even as their stupid economics wreck the world they use the very recessions they themselves created to grab even more power.

If this goes on much longer we'll be begging someone to invade us!

[cieldumort]

Seems to me that perhaps we've already been invaded.

[peristaltor]

Lewis Powell would be proud. It is going far better than even he planned in 1971.