David and Charles Koch, who own Koch Industries based in Wichita, are in the spotlight for their spending on political campaigns and causes that favor their conservative and business interests.
Politico has this story on the scrutiny and the Koch's effort to combat some of the negative publicity.
Part of the problem here is the law that allows Kochs and others to funnel money to groups that influence elections, or try to, but don't have to disclose their funding or funders. It happens on both the left an right political spectrums, of course, but the bigger influences have been on the right, including Koch-supported groups like Americans for Prosperity (probably because they are better at it)
The Kochs and others seem to want to stay private and not have to answer questions while trying to influence the political system in big ways. No wonder they get criticized and scrutinized. They like to compare it to George Soros efforts on the left, but that comparison is weak for two reasons: Soros openly talks about what he does, and he supports causes that ostensibly go against his own business interests.
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I am going to guess if they gave to the liberals you wouldn't even have an issue with those would you?
The right contributes more because welfare recipients can't afford to, and that's who makes up the Democrat's base.
Hold now Dave. The largest contributor and largest influeces on any elections are all of the Unions. The teachers union being the largest out of all of them. They vote and contribute heavily to the democrats and we are not allowed to complain and control that, so I think we should stop worrying about the domestic contributions and start doing something about other countries influencing and funding certain parties or candidates.
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