The GOP brain (-less) -trust is about to get their new "Marching Orders' ...
Koch primary kicks off
by Tarini Parti and Kenneth P. Vogel, politico.com -- January 22, 2015
The Koch primary will kick off in earnest on Sunday night in the California desert with a forum featuring three top prospective contenders for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination making their case before hundreds of donors and operatives in the Koch brothers’ network.
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The forum, which will be moderated by ABC News’ chief White House correspondent Jon Karl, is closed to the press and public. But video of the event will be made available to media outlets -- a significant change for the Kochs’ operation, which has had a reputation for secrecy.
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Now that the McConnell's '
Block-Everything' vow has worked, to put the Dems out of power --
the Koch cabal can switch gears, and put a 'Happy Face' on their latest '
Dismantle-Everything' Agenda.
Here are few of those new Koch-Freedom rollback goals:
RELEASE: Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce Launches The Plan For Economic Growth
Freedom Partners, www.PlanForEconomicGrowth.org -- January 13, 2015
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REFORM EXCESSIVE REGULATIONS & THE BROKEN TAX CODE
• Dismantle Obamacare regulations and mandates while supporting free-market health care solutions.
• Create a strong regulatory review process and stop any pending regulations that destroy jobs.
• Remove barriers to energy exploration and production.
• Make corporate tax rates competitive to keep good-paying jobs here in the U.S.
• Allow businesses to bring foreign earnings back into our economy.
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REPAIR INEFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
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• Expand higher education opportunities by expanding accreditation and ending the federal assault on private sector colleges.
• Modernize welfare programs to reduce dependence and encourage -- not punish -- work.
• Transfer greater authority over federal highway and transit programs to states.
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RESTORE A FISCALLY ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT
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• Establish Congressional rules that require balanced budgets without tax increases, fair accounting and dynamic scoring.
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• End overpayments, fraud and waste in entitlement programs that face imminent insolvency.
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• Tie any debt limit increase to spending cuts and do so right away to avoid potential crisis.
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At least now they have an Agenda ... "
of WHAT the People want," eh?
Koch primary kicks off
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The Koch networks’ steps towards openness have come since Freedom Partners was formed in late 2011 as a hub for all the groups in the Koch network. While Freedom Partners and most of the groups in the network are established under a section of the Tax Code -- 501(c) -- that allows them to shield their donors, Freedom Partners in the run-up to the 2014 midterms for the first time established a super PAC that requires the disclosure of donors’ names, as well as the dates and exact amounts of contributions.
Koch donors uncloaked
by Kenneth P. Vogel and Mike Allen, politico.com -- 10/14/14
[...] The report, combined with additional information voluntarily provided by Freedom Partners Action Fund, are illuminating, testing some of the conventional wisdom surrounding the Koch political operation.
New York hedge fund billionaire Bob Mercer wrote the largest check -- $2.5 million -- followed by Charles and David Koch, who each stroked $2 million checks from trusts in their names. The group received $1 million apiece from Arkansas poultry producer Ronnie Cameron, Wisconsin roofing billionaire Diane Hendricks and Nebraska trucking magnate Clarence Werner.
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While the Kochs’ political operation is often portrayed as being entirely supported by the billionaire brothers, roughly 650 donors combined to contribute the more than $15 million raised by the super PAC’s from its June creation through the end of September. [...]
That change is further illustrated by a recent strategic shift by the most robust of the nonprofit groups in the Kochs’ vast network, Americans for Prosperity. It is for the first time instructing its army of grass-roots field staff and volunteer canvassers to urge voters to reject Democratic Senate candidates on Election Day.
What, the Koch's worry?
Koch-backed group plans direct attacks in Senate races
by Fredreka Schouten, USA TODAY -- October 2, 2014
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Americans for Prosperity's decision to move to pointed attacks is significant because it shifts the group into more direct political activity -- something tax-exempt organizations are required to limit. It also means the group must disclose its election-related activity -- though not its donors -- to federal regulators.
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The GOP needs to net six seats to seize control of the Senate.
"We feel this course of action is necessary to take," AFP President Tim Phillips said. "We think it's time for this Harry Reid big government majority to go," he said, referring to the Nevada Democrat who serves as the Senate's majority leader.
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Well, it kind look like the Koch-tocracy --
got its wish.
Wonder WHAT they will "get" next? Now that their minions control Congress ...