More reasons to love Koch Industries

Sep 01, 2010 20:00

http://www.observer.com/2010/slideshow/131739/eminent-domain"How did the Kochs manage to build up a pipeline network of this magnitude? By getting the government to use its tyrannical powers of eminent domain forcibly seize private property on Koch Industries' behalf ( Read more... )

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aviation_ September 2 2010, 12:50:44 UTC
Oh wow look at everyone rush to defend Koch Industries, your BFF in crony capitalism "libertarian" BS.

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induke September 2 2010, 14:38:13 UTC
I love it how everyone's all of a sudden an expert on Koch Industries.

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ninboydean September 2 2010, 15:07:39 UTC
I love how libertarians bitch about regulation of markets until it exists as exploitation by the economic elite.

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induke September 2 2010, 15:13:40 UTC
Except what you're posting ain't it.

But keep trying.

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Attacking the Koch brothers is an indictment of government, not property montecristo September 11 2010, 18:08:12 UTC
[F]orce is one of the most efficient and valuable business models and it wont disappear if you give greater power to the few people that have capital, land, improvements and other assets.The fact that Koch industries shamelessly uses the government's monopoly on the initiation of force for its own benefit is not an argument against libertarians. It does point out that the Koch brand of "libertarianism" is a hypocritical kind of Republican fascism-lite. Surprise, surprise ( ... )

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