Loading ...The KOCH bros rule America–and quite frankly I’m glad–I prefer them to the Nazi-like Left-like Sanders-Hillary–and that black muslim who almost became head of the democratic party–or Schemer–or Pocahontas–ya catch my drift? SEE my next post
AUGUST 1-8, 2011 ISSUE
ALEC Exposed: The Koch Connection
Untold sums of cash poured into ALEC by Charles and David Koch have been an effective investment in advancing their worldview.
By Lisa GravesJULY 12, 2011
This article is part of a Nation series exposing the American Legislative Exchange Council, in collaboration with the Center For Media and Democracy. John Nichols introduces the series.
Hundreds of ALEC’s model bills and resolutions bear traces of Koch DNA: raw ideas that were once at the fringes but that have been carved into “mainstream” policy through the wealth and will of Charles and David Koch. Of all the Kochs’ investments in right-wing organizations, ALEC provides some of the best returns: it gives the Kochs a way to make their brand of free-market fundamentalism legally binding.
No one knows how much the Kochs have given ALEC in total, but the amount likely exceeds $1 million—not including a half-million loaned to ALEC when the group was floundering. ALEC gave the Kochs its Adam Smith Free Enterprise Award, and Koch Industries has been one of the select members of ALEC’s corporate board for almost twenty years. The company’s top lobbyist was once ALEC’s chairman. As a result, the Kochs have shaped legislation touching every state in the country. Like ideological venture capitalists, the Kochs have used ALEC as a way to invest in radical ideas and fertilize them with tons of cash.