The Kochs think government is an obstacle to making money that should be removed, said Jim Steele, who with Don Barlett just released “The Betrayal of the American Dream.” The book accuses the “ruling elite” — including the Kochs — of impoverishing the American middle class by pushing initiatives such as deregulation, outsourcing and balanced budgets to enrich themselves.
The Kochs have spent more than three decades building a vast, sophisticated network of think tanks, university researchers and citizen groups to advocate for limited government, lower taxes and limited regulation.
“We feel that the views of the foundations that they support … have been really instrumental in undermining the economic well-being of the middle class,” Steele said. Free markets to the Kochs mean freedom to make money, Steele said.
“I think they view government as an intrusion in their liberty to make money,” he said. “Any government regulation is seen as an intrusion that would interfere with that process.”
Steele said the Kochs are using money they gleaned from lower taxes on dividends and on the wealthy to finance a disinformation campaign against Obama.
I've got to get that Barlett and Steele book. I'd about bet Bain and Mitt are in there because they are representative of what has happened to this country in the past thirty years.
The Kochs are pretty rotten, as we all know, but it's those who are less well-known, like Peter G. Peterson, who are downright evil because they are taken seriously by the idiots in Washington, including Obama.
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