Koch brothers mournfully scale back operations; now they'll only spend $750 million
The Koch brothers mournfully scale back operations; now they'll only spend $750 million this season
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There's very bad news in Koch-land. Since the brothers decided to bow out of the Republican race Because Trump, their overall efforts are lagging and they're planning to scale back their political spending. Now they're only committing to spend three quarters of a billion dollars to help elect Republicans this season. That's right, only $750 million. However will they survive this?
Now, with Republican Donald Trump on the verge of a crushing loss in the presidential race as the Kochs watch from the sidelines, there are mounting questions about whether their vaunted political and advocacy operation may have peaked. [...]
Other insiders contend the network is shifting away from politics as a whole to focus on advancing policies rooted in the Kochs' libertarian-infused brand of small-government conservatism.
While we all fret and worry that the forces vomiting great gobs of money into electing hyper-conservative politicians who believe the government needs to get out of such ...more