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In 1929 Koch took his process to the Soviet Union, but he grew disenchanted with Stalinism and returned home to become a founding member of the anticommunist John Birch Society.
I'm basically a libertarian. And I'm a conservative on economic matters and I'm a social liberal" [...] Koch, who supports gay rights and women's right to choose, said if candidates he gives to don't share those ideals, "That's their problem. I do have those views." [...] "I'm really focused intensely on economic and fiscal issues, because if those go bad the country as a whole suffers terribly.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help){{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)Koch was also a big donor to the ballot campaign
David Koch was the top contributor, providing $850,000.
The Koch brothers' flagship organization, Americans for Prosperity, had an equally stellar Election Day.
But a donor list filed with the IRS labeled "not open for public inspection" from 2003, the year of AFP's first filing, lists David Koch as by far the single largest contributor to its foundation, donating $850,000.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)AFPF is now Koch's primary political-advocacy group.
He returned a fervent anti-Communist who would later become a founding member of the John Birch Society.
The Koch brothers' main political arm intends to spend more than $125 million this year on an aggressive ground, air and data operation benefiting conservatives, according to a memo distributed to major donors and sources familiar with the group. The projected budget for Americans for Prosperity would be unprecedented for a private political group in a midterm, and would likely rival even the spending of the Republican and Democratic parties' congressional campaign arms.
A new two-year study by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University demonstrates how the Koch brothers have helped to derail climate change legislation.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link){{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)In all, Americans for Prosperity, the Koch brothers' flagship political operation, alone has aired more than 27,000 ads in a combined nine battleground states, according to Kantar Media/CMAG.
The foundation partnering with FSU is one of several non-profits funded by Charles Koch (pronounced "coke"), 75, and his brother David, 71. The aim: To advance their belief, through think tanks, political organizations and academia, that government taxes and regulations impinge on prosperity.
Five years ago, my brothers Charles and I provided the funds to start Americans for Prosperity," David Koch told AFP's annual Defending the Dream gathering in 2009. "It is beyond my wildest dreams that AFP has grown into this enormous organization. The American dream of free enterprise and capitalism is alive and well.
The Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program combines a paid public policy internship with two career skills seminars and weekly policy lectures. You'll gain real-world experience, take a crash course in market-based policy analysis, and hone your professional skills. The intensive ten-week program begins in June and includes a $1,500 stipend and a housing allowance
What tends to go unmentioned: the owners of Koch Industries, one of the world's biggest conglomerates, have kicked in an estimated $1.5 billion or so to an array of causes and institutions most liberals love: public television, medical research, higher education, environmental stewardship, criminal justice reform and the arts.
The Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program combines a paid public policy internship with two career skills seminars and weekly policy lectures. You'll gain real-world experience, take a crash course in market-based policy analysis, and hone your professional skills. The intensive ten-week program begins in June and includes a $1,500 stipend and a housing allowance
The foundation partnering with FSU is one of several non-profits funded by Charles Koch (pronounced "coke"), 75, and his brother David, 71. The aim: To advance their belief, through think tanks, political organizations and academia, that government taxes and regulations impinge on prosperity.
At 85, the libertarian tycoon who spent decades funding conservative causes says he wants a final act building bridges across political divides.
He returned a fervent anti-Communist who would later become a founding member of the John Birch Society.
At 85, the libertarian tycoon who spent decades funding conservative causes says he wants a final act building bridges across political divides.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)"Five years ago my brother Charles and I provided the funds to start the Americans for Prosperity," Koch says