KOCH REWARDS PROGRAM

[JDPriestly]

Bernie Sanders found the 1980 platform of the Libertarian Party. That's the platform on which Charles Koch ran when he was the Libertarian Party presidential candidate.

Here it is:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024806298

If someone can paste it in a reply I would appreciate it.

Why don't we start a KOCH REWARDS PROGRAM and give a point to each Republican (or Democratic) candidate who says he is for one of the planks in that platform?

Of course we would do it this Fall for 2014 for each Senate or House candidate.

I noticed in the Republican debates in 2012, the Republican candidates fell over themselves to be sure to mention how many and which federal agencies they would abolish if they were president. It was like a love letter to the Koch Brothers, a secret coded message, "You own me. Just take me. I'm yours forever." Remember this:

The Republican candidates all deserved KOCH REWARDS points for their recitation of the KOCH REWARDS Platform.

I don't think that platform is what Americans want. Not at all.

But I think DUers could have some fun with the KOCH REWARDS program.

I give two points to Perry because he did remember Education and the EPA as two departments he would have abolished.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

1. Is this what you needed pasted?

What Do the Koch Brothers Want?

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David KochWhat else do the Koch brothers want?


In 1980, David Koch ran as the Libertarian Party’s vice-presidential candidate in 1980.



Let’s take a look at the 1980 Libertarian Party platform.

Here are just a few excerpts of the Libertarian Party platform that David Koch ran on in 1980:

“We urge the repeal of federal campaign finance laws, and the immediate abolition of the despotic Federal Election Commission.”
“We favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid programs.”
“We oppose any compulsory insurance or tax-supported plan to provide health services, including those which finance abortion services.”
“We also favor the deregulation of the medical insurance industry.”
“We favor the repeal of the fraudulent, virtually bankrupt, and increasingly oppressive Social Security system. Pending that repeal, participation in Social Security should be made voluntary.”
“We propose the abolition of the governmental Postal Service. The present system, in addition to being inefficient, encourages governmental surveillance of private correspondence. Pending abolition, we call for an end to the monopoly system and for allowing free competition in all aspects of postal service.”
“We oppose all personal and corporate income taxation, including capital gains taxes.”
“We support the eventual repeal of all taxation.”
“As an interim measure, all criminal and civil sanctions against tax evasion should be terminated immediately.”
“We support repeal of all law which impede the ability of any person to find employment, such as minimum wage laws.”
“We advocate the complete separation of education and State. Government schools lead to the indoctrination of children and interfere with the free choice of individuals. Government ownership, operation, regulation, and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended.”
“We condemn compulsory education laws … and we call for the immediate repeal of such laws.”
“We support the repeal of all taxes on the income or property of private schools, whether profit or non-profit.”
“We support the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency.”
“We support abolition of the Department of Energy.”
“We call for the dissolution of all government agencies concerned with transportation, including the Department of Transportation.”
“We demand the return of America's railroad system to private ownership. We call for the privatization of the public roads and national highway system.”
“We specifically oppose laws requiring an individual to buy or use so-called "self-protection" equipment such as safety belts, air bags, or crash helmets.”
“We advocate the abolition of the Federal Aviation Administration.”
“We advocate the abolition of the Food and Drug Administration.”
“We support an end to all subsidies for child-bearing built into our present laws, including all welfare plans and the provision of tax-supported services for children.”
“We oppose all government welfare, relief projects, and ‘aid to the poor’ programs. All these government programs are privacy-invading, paternalistic, demeaning, and inefficient. The proper source of help for such persons is the voluntary efforts of private groups and individuals.”
“We call for the privatization of the inland waterways, and of the distribution system that brings water to industry, agriculture and households.”
“We call for the repeal of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.”
“We call for the abolition of the Consumer Product Safety Commission.”
“We support the repeal of all state usury laws.”


In other words, the agenda of the Koch brothers is not only to defund Obamacare. The agenda of the Koch brothers is to repeal every major piece of legislation that has been signed into law over the past 80 years that has protected the middle class, the elderly, the children, the sick, and the most vulnerable in this country.

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Tomorrow it will be Social Security, ending Medicare as we know it, repealing the minimum wage. It seems to me that the Koch brothers will not be content until they get everything they believe they are entitled to.

Our great nation can no longer be hijacked by right-wing billionaires like the Koch brothers.

For the sake of our children and our grandchildren, for the sake of our economy, we have got to let democracy prevail.

[JDPriestly]

3. Yes. Thank you. Perfect.

That is an anarchist's platform. Every Republican should be measured by it to see whether he or she gets Koch Rewards Points. We need to warn Americans that the Koch Brothers and the Republican Party want to move us toward anarchy.

[blm]

2. heheh....

love it