The current U.S. election funding laws allow dark money contributions from anyone in the world. This include oil and gas money from OPEC, Russia, and big oil companies.
On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 8:51 PM, Brad Lowe <[email protected]> wrote: > Demonstrate a working LENR device that can heat a pot of tea and the > world will jump on board, with or without the Koch brothers. Or help > raise funds for the MFMP (someone should ask the Koch brothers > charities for a donation.). Free market capitalism may be unpopular, > but it has yet to be replaced with a successful alternative on a large > scale. > - Brad > > > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 5:21 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > > A national political operation organized by the billionaire Koch > brothers is > > committing nearly $1 billion to the looming 2016 presidential race in an > > unprecedented effort to help boost conservative candidates. > > > > Guests at a meeting in Rancho Mirage, Calif., hosted by the Koch-tied > > Freedom Partners, confirmed to Fox News that the $889 million plan was > > unveiled during the three-day conference. > > > > The plan, to be financed by various groups backed by Charles and David > Koch, > > would aim to boost candidates with an emphasis on free-market platforms > and > > the advancement of oil and gas. > > > > The stunning figure would come close to what the candidates themselves > are > > expected to spend in 2016. According to The Washington Post, it would be > > more than double what the network raised in 2012. > > > > The influx of funding would go into a massive field network, building on > a > > strategy that was immensely effective during the 2014 midterms. In the > > election, which saw Senate control flip to the Republicans, conservative > > candidates like Iowa’s Joni Ernst and Arkansas’ Tom Cotton (both of whom > > were at the Palm Springs-area conference) were aided in their successful > > campaigns by Freedom Works and other Koch-backed political organizations. > > > > The new operation will focus on improved data-driven technology, overall > > media strategy and a ground game meant to rival the Democrats’ in 2016 – > and > > which could be similar in size to the Republicans’. > >
