Putting outsiders in and bringing insiders out
To ensure the continued success of their malignant influence on the United States government, in 2005 Koch hired a "Beltway insider". Matt Schlapp became their director of Washington lobbying. Schlapp had been working in the White House's Office of Political Affairs.
Disturbingly, Elizabeth Stolpe, a former Koch lobbyist, now holds a significant position on the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Another former Koch employee, Alex Beehler (who reported to David Koch), exerts influence on federal environmental policy from his position with Environment, Safety and Occupational Health.
Charles Koch has covered his political bets going both ways. Very impressive, in a Machiavellian way.
A criminal by any other name...
Charles Koch also gets an "A" for somehow manufacturing a respectable public image. On 3/13/06 Forbes ran a story about Koch entitled "Mr. Big". Much to the discredit of the publication, Forbes writer Daniel Fisher focused almost exclusively on the buyout of Georgia Pacific and the "Capitalistic virtues" of Charles Koch, a man who belongs in prison.
Charles Koch is indeed an "American success story" by the measure of those who still believe in the real American Way, which is the suffering of the many for the pleasure of the few.
For those who know the American Dream is a nightmare, Charles Koch puts a human face on the ruthlessness of Capitalism as it is practiced in the United States. Born into America's de facto aristocracy, Koch is one of the privileged top 1% of Americans who hold a significant portion of the world's wealth.
While the poor and working class of the world bleed, sweat, cry, and die to keep the money flowing from the spigot for such men, Koch, his friends, and his progeny reside comfortably in their secure castles and counting houses.
No wonder Mr. Big smiled so brightly for the Forbes photo.
To ensure the continued success of their malignant influence on the United States government, in 2005 Koch hired a "Beltway insider". Matt Schlapp became their director of Washington lobbying. Schlapp had been working in the White House's Office of Political Affairs.
Disturbingly, Elizabeth Stolpe, a former Koch lobbyist, now holds a significant position on the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Another former Koch employee, Alex Beehler (who reported to David Koch), exerts influence on federal environmental policy from his position with Environment, Safety and Occupational Health.
Charles Koch has covered his political bets going both ways. Very impressive, in a Machiavellian way.
A criminal by any other name...
Charles Koch also gets an "A" for somehow manufacturing a respectable public image. On 3/13/06 Forbes ran a story about Koch entitled "Mr. Big". Much to the discredit of the publication, Forbes writer Daniel Fisher focused almost exclusively on the buyout of Georgia Pacific and the "Capitalistic virtues" of Charles Koch, a man who belongs in prison.
Charles Koch is indeed an "American success story" by the measure of those who still believe in the real American Way, which is the suffering of the many for the pleasure of the few.
For those who know the American Dream is a nightmare, Charles Koch puts a human face on the ruthlessness of Capitalism as it is practiced in the United States. Born into America's de facto aristocracy, Koch is one of the privileged top 1% of Americans who hold a significant portion of the world's wealth.
While the poor and working class of the world bleed, sweat, cry, and die to keep the money flowing from the spigot for such men, Koch, his friends, and his progeny reside comfortably in their secure castles and counting houses.
No wonder Mr. Big smiled so brightly for the Forbes photo.
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