"List of RW Groups getting Major Grants from Koch Family Foundations"--(Jim Hightower)

[KoKo]

(Hightower says that there may be more but these are the most prominent groups. Just imagine these groups faxing out "Talking Points" every day to all the MSM and CABLE, plus NETWORKS to give the clueless anchors their marching orders for the day in reporting. Hightower also says creating "stunts" is also one of the Koch Bros. supported groups tricks. Think for the "March on Washington" with the idiots Beck and Palin that's going on this weekend.)

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Right-wing groups receiving major grants from the Koch Family Foundations
Cowboy hat By Jim Hightower - Sun., 2/7/10
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Right-wing groups receiving major grants from the Koch Family Foundations (Charles Koch, David Koch, and Claude Lambe Foundations)
Amounts granted from 1976 through 2007, the latest year for which data is available.

Organization: Amount

* George Mason University Foundation, Inc.: $25,808,987
* Cato Institute: $13,349,240
* Citizens for a Sound Economy/Freedomworks: $12,906,712
* Mercatus Center: $8,024,000
* Institute for Humane Studies: $4,668,957
* The Heritage Foundation: $3,272,000
* Americans for Prosperity Foundation: $3,176,500
* Institute for Justice: $2,615,000
* Reason Foundation: $2,354,212
* Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies: $2,002,700
* Bill of Rights Institute: $1,667,000
* Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment (FREE) : $1,305,000
* Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy: $1,160,800
* Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc.: $1,125,000
* Washington Legal Foundation: $1,105,000
* Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Inc.: $850,000
* Intercollegiate Studies Institute: $706,250
* Competitive Enterprise Institute: $666,420
* Capital Research Center: $605,000
* National Center for Policy Analysis: $600,000
* American Enterprise Institute: $500,000
* Tax Foundation: $475,000
* American Legislative Exchange Council: $465,000
* Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research: $300,000
* Center for Equal Opportunity: $240,000
* Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty: $297,500
* Texas Policy Foundation: $296,516
* Philanthropy Roundtable: $263,700
* Institute for Energy Research: $237,000
* Property and Environment Research Center: $219,500

More at:

http://www.hightowerlowdown.org/node/2246

[Vincardog]

1. They obviously have way too much money. Shouldn't there be some way to prevent that?

[KoKo]

4. Someone on another post about Koch brothers said go after them for Tax abuse

with their 501-C status. Also they have gotten away with "slaps on the wrist" many times when they've been sued for pollution violations by their various industries. If the Justice Department got involved or we had decent judges then they would have to pay huge fines or be put in jail.

Also if they had to pay taxes at the level before Reagan and then Bush cut taxes for the wealthy, they wouldn't have all that "extra money" around to be buying up other companies (increasing their wealth and decreasing competition) along with have so much left over to be creating new foundations and funding other RW organizations who work against the average person.

[hedgehog]

2. Proof positive we need to alter the tax laws regarding charitable donations!

Could we do it without making the Sierre Club take a hit??

[KoKo]

3. Well...we'd have to increase donations to the groups we think do good work, but

wouldn't it be worth it? If the Sierra club was totally run by two wealthy Left Wing Brothers...would that be fair?

We need to limit the 501C-3's and the other loopholes that allow concentrated wealth to control our Media, Congress and National Dialog.

[aquart]

5. These people are insufficiently taxed.

[applegrove]

6. Wow. And they want their tax cuts to continue obviously. So they can continue

Wow. And they want their tax cuts to continue obviously. So they can continue to influence the country and turn the great american middle class into a bunch of lap dogs for rich libertarians. Learned helplessness is what the teabaggers are learning. They are learning not to think for themselves. They are learning how to become dependant on pundits for their ideas and realities. They will be dependant on the koch brothers for all their emotions. The koch brothers will own them. And they will attract other users to them because they are such a shell of themselves. How will America be a great country with a poorer middle class that cannot think for itself? How?