RIP in peace... David Koch, dead at 79
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News orgs must have these things already written and ready to go.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/23/bil...and-libertarian-activist-david-koch-dies.html
PUBLISHED WED, SEP 12 2018
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/23/bil...and-libertarian-activist-david-koch-dies.html
PUBLISHED WED, SEP 12 2018
In 1980, the younger Koch was nominated as the vice presidential nominee for the Libertarian Party. His running mate at the time was Ed Clark and their campaign ran on abolishing Social Security, the Federal Reserve board, welfare, corporate taxes and minimum wage laws.
How in the world did they not win?
How in the world did they not win?
They do, by and large, have them written up ahead of time.
In Britian the media does rehearsals for the Queens death.
Years ago when I was a print journalist, we wrote our own obit so the paper had it on file just in case we bought the farm.
This is from Paul Campos at the Lawyer's Guns and money blog and I have to agree:
"this multi-multi billionaire who so selflessly tried to destroy America and the planet when he could have so easily spent his life on more trivial pursuits."
http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2019/08/david-koch-has-died
"this multi-multi billionaire who so selflessly tried to destroy America and the planet when he could have so easily spent his life on more trivial pursuits."
http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2019/08/david-koch-has-died
While reading about David's death I learned his brother Frederick went to Harvard and Yale. Likes writing plays, supports the arts and literacy, and philanthropy within those areas.
What a nice leisurely way to live life as a billionaire as opposed to David...
This likely means a lot of money is getting ready to end up in the hands of an amatuer - or a few of them.
More DISproof that people get what they deserve, or that what goes around comes around, or that karma is a thing.
So many crocodile tears and “heartfelt”, condolences going out in the next few days.
The Kochs have supported some good things.
They have overwhelmingly supported bad things.
So . . . credit where credit is due, but don't get carried away. And don't ever think the balance is on the side of doing good.
I guess it can only be hoped that he recognized how he negatively impacted the environment, and helped to facilitate climate change that will affect his kids/grandkids/future generations. I hope he understood the pollution and toxins that spewed from his plants killing tens of thousands prematurely.
I have a laugh that he was upset at Donald Trump, when it was the money that he and his brother pumped into conservative causes that produced a lifetime Democrat/grifter as the chosen one of the GOP.
I have a laugh that he was upset at Donald Trump, when it was the money that he and his brother pumped into conservative causes that produced a lifetime Democrat/grifter as the chosen one of the GOP.
I may be misremembering, but I seem to recall The NY Times obit of Bob Hope was credited to a reporter who had already passed away himself. He wrote the obituary some time before Bob Hope died, but died before Hope did.
I don't mean to downplay his donation, but I thought about the math for a second. Dude was worth more than $40 billion. He gave $25 million. This is the equivalent of someone with a million dollars giving about $600. His donation was incredibly significant, but thinking of the kind of wealth he had is mind blowing. But like the saying goes, you can't take it with you.
$25 million is pocket change compared to the money he spent buying politicians in order to affect laws and regulations in order to keep his refineries and petro chemical plants unburdened, thereby spewing toxins into mostly poor and minority communities.
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