{"id":6873,"date":"2014-05-22T10:11:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T16:11:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/?p=6873"},"modified":"2014-05-22T10:11:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T16:11:43","slug":"we-cant-do-anything-to-control-the-rich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/election\/we-cant-do-anything-to-control-the-rich\/","title":{"rendered":"We can’t do anything to control the Rich"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Kochtopus has the nation in a stranglehold. It\u2019s really more like the Alien covering our faces and shoving itself down our throats.<\/p>\n

Koch brothers mania arrives at the Capitol<\/a> By Dana Milbank<\/a> May 22 at 8:30 am<\/p>\n

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Some groups have proposed boycotts of Koch brothers\u2019 products, but such efforts don\u2019t seem to grasp how deeply the Koch tentacles extend into Americans\u2019 daily lives \u2013 in ways the average consumer can\u2019t possibly comprehend. Were they a single person, David and Charles would pass Bill Gates as the richest man in the world. Their holdings include oil, chemicals, manufacturing, minerals, fertilizers and a range of consumer products. Lycra in your bathing suit, undergarments or exercise clothing? Koch brothers. CoolMax fabric wicking sweat from your skin? Kochs. Stainmaster cleaning your carpet? Kochs again. Dacron fabric, Vanity Fair napkins, Angel Soft or Quilted Northern toilet paper, Brawny or Sparkle paper towels, Dixie cups? Koch, Koch, Koch, Koch, Koch, Koch and Koch. <\/p>\n

To test the depths of Americans\u2019 Koch dependency, I went to the screening with a shopping bag full of Koch products. I offered them as free samples after the screening of \u201cKoch Brothers Exposed.\u201d Even after hearing all of Greenwald\u2019s allegations about the Koch brothers\u2019 evils, the attendees made off with every last roll of Angel Soft and Brawny, and even took the Lycra pantyhose and the Dixie cups. <\/p>\n

Even those who lament what the Kochs do with their money are contributors to the brothers\u2019 fortune.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Kochtopus has the nation in a stranglehold. It\u2019s really more like the Alien covering our faces and shoving itself down our throats. Koch brothers mania arrives at the Capitol By Dana Milbank May 22 at 8:30 am Some groups have proposed boycotts of Koch brothers\u2019 products, but such efforts don\u2019t seem to grasp how … Continue reading We can’t do anything to control the Rich<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-election"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6874,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6873\/revisions\/6874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}