GETTING RICH Off The POOR: How The Koch Brothers WEALTH GREW 43% Since 2010

[Segami]

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Sunlight is the BEST disinfectant....so they say!




" A week after the Census Bureau reported that American poverty has hit an all time high, America has learned the wealth of Charles and David Koch has increased 43% since March of 2010.



According to Forbes, the Koch Brothers have seen their fortune grow by 43% in a little more than a year to $25 billion. According to Think Progress the Koch boys have made their money by aggressively speculating in energy markets, “Koch uses legitimate hedging products to create price stability. However, the documents reveal that Koch is also participating in the unregulated derivatives markets as a financial player, buying and selling speculative products that are increasingly contributing to the skyrocketing price of oil.”



In other words, every time the price of gas goes up for no particular reason other than the vague energy speculators excuse, the Koch brothers just made themselves more money. Charles and David Koch are profiting by artificially raising the price of energy futures. What makes the Koch brothers different is that they have taken some of their vast fortune and used it to fund candidates and elected officials in the Republican Party who will allow them to keep making money while the rest of America winces when they have to fill up the gas tank.



The Bush Recession has been great for people like Charles and David Koch. With a 43% gain in wealth, it is no wonder why they want to keep the bad times going for the rest of us. While the super rich have gotten even richer, everyone has seen their wealth plummet.

As David A. Griffith wrote:

Leverage is an amazing thing: When prices go up, the borrower gets all the gains. And when prices go down, the borrower takes all the losses. Some families lost everything when the bubble collapsed, others lost very little. But, on average, American homeowners lost 55% of the wealth in their home.


Most middle-class families didn’t have much wealth to begin with — about $100,000. For the 22 million families right in the middle of the income distribution (those making between $39,000 and $62,000 before taxes), about 90% of their assets was in the house. Now half of their wealth is gone and it will never come back as long as they live.



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http://dgrifflawapc.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/housing-bubble-crushes-american-middle-class/

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http://www.politicususa.com/en/koch-brothers-wealth



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[orwell]

1. But we all know...

...that a small group of speculators could NEVER push around commodity prices.

We know that because the "liberal media" tells us so.

All hail the great god of the "free market"...

We now return to your propaganda, already in progress...

[RKP5637]

2. Yep, that trickle down voodoo economics sure has worked well, for all but

those getting pissed on.

[Initech]

3. When do we break out the pitchforks?

:grr:

[DaveJ]

4. Questions about hoarding

Maybe economics experts can help me with this. This kind of hoarding seems similar to stealing to me. I mean it's money that's gone that we aren't going to see again, right? Obviously it is not legally stealing, but when you take money out of the economy and don't give it back it has the same effect. Or is this newly generated money? Or is the money in some kind of investment that makes it into the hands of others? Apparently not... I was just wondering. It just really seems unhealthy for the economy when money is being extracted like this.

[RKP5637]

5. IMO it's a compulsive disorder. n/t

[dajoki]

6. K&R

[Quantess]

7. They need bodyguards, no doubt.

Keep this kicked!

[sam11111]

8. OK Quantess...kick and rec'd

Economies begin with proud craftsmen owning companies... then their so-so average kids... then the banks (financiers) own all.
Who care not about the product...only higher profits.

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. Disgusting.

[LadyInAZ]

10. Here is an idea or two....

1. open job market.... 2. develop better and affordable battery operated cars instead... perhaps their financial increase changes.... just an idea....