The Koch brothers have become the favorite whipping boys of the left. But much of what lefties write about them are outright lies. For a bit of a scorecard, see:
<http://www.powerlineblog.com/tracking-the-center-for-american-progress> On Sep 29, 2011, at 3:20 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > <http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2011/09/the-road-to-serfdom.html> > > So now we have Hayek AND Rand both becoming glaring hypocrites in their > dotage. > > At that time (as now), Charles Koch was one of the richest men in the world. > At that time, (as now) he was a free market, libertarian ideologue. > > Why didn't he just offer to pay for his 'founding scholar's' insurance, > either personally or through the foundation he was inviting Hayek to speak to? > > As the linked Nation article points out, of course it was because he'd found > a free government program to do it for him, allowing him to continue his > crusade of selfishness. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
