The Kochtopus; image @Photobucket
They go to a great deal of trouble to stay behind the scenes. But since the election of Barack Obama, their names and faces have had a lot more public scrutiny.
The Kochs have their oily fingers in just about every corner of the U.S. economy and politics. Here are some things you need to know about them..
1. Their father, Fred Koch, sold oil in Nazi Germany when he was barred from doing so in the U.S. He was invited to do this by Erich Koch, a relative and a highly placed Nazi official. After the Nazis were defeated, Erich helped Fred expand his business into the Soviet Union. It ended badly, though, as Erich was arrested and tried for war crimes and Fred returned to America where he was once again allowed to do business. He did a lot more than that – he was a founding member of the John Birch Society in New York in the 1950s, with Robert W. Welch Jr. and others. His sons took a page from Daddy’s book when they founded the Tea Party. (Source)
not so urprising, when you are exposed for trying to buy deregulation from gov't to make it legal in their minds to pollute and disregard safety not only for employees but "we the pweople" too.
helps to have nefarious roots to draw
