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Part Two: Charles Koch: The Luke Skywalker of Rich People

Behind the Bastards

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The Force of Charles Koch

In 1976, Charles Koch had helped to launch via tens of thousands of dollars, the Center for Libertarian Studies in New York City. By 1980, Charles Koch decided he'd had just about enough of funding libertarian think tanks and ignoring life-saving regulations. He knew he had to start by incubating a new generation of political pundits who could help sell his ideology to the nation at large. Since they were already supporting libertarian candidate Ed Clark, they decided to make David as running mate. This allowed them to ignore all limits on campaign contributions. The Koch brothers' actual political goals were terrifying to most Americans, even most conservatives. They supported an end to social security, to all forms of public welfare,

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