Charles Koch Admits He Needs More Power To Control The Government
. . .Most Americans are unaware, tragically, that America is dangerously close to becoming a fully-fledged plutocracy and although corporations, religion, and the financial sector exert a fair amount of influence over government, the true oligarchs running two-thirds of government are the Koch brothers. Now, one thought they would never hear it directly from one of the brothers, but last weekend Charles Koch claimed that he did not yet have enough, or completely, control over the government because, “if I had all this power, why aren’t the many things I want changed getting changed?” In fact, Koch said it was “ludicrous” that he had too much power because there is no such thing in his mind, and to achieve his goal the Kochs are willing to spend nearly a billion dollars to achieve the level of power he demands.
Koch’s remark is as clear an indication as possible that he still does not possess, and is ardently seeking, the ultimate power of an oligarchical tyrant. He actually had the temerity to say in public that, “wow, believe me if I had too much power a lot of things would change.” If any American is unsure of what will change when the Kochs eventually control the entire government, they should stop and consider that all the government agencies and programs Republicans are attempting to slash funding for at the state and federal level are a drop in the bucket compared to what the Kochs want; complete elimination of the entire government.
For a refresher on exactly what the Kochs want changed when they do have “all this power,” they devised a list (partial here) about the time Republican demigod Ronald Reagan came into power that leaves no part of government in existence. For example, the Kochs consider the Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid programs “fraudulent and oppressive” and they want them abolished in their entirety; not privatized, abolished in their entirety. To prevent “we the people” from having a voice in keeping their Social Security pensions and Medicare in place, the Kochs demand the repeal of all campaign finance laws and “immediate abolition of the despotic Federal Election Commission;” no campaign finance or election laws is crucial to hasten their takeover of government and abolish democracy.
Every one of the regulatory agencies will cease to exist in the United States of Koch, and it contradicts Charles Koch’s contention that he is an advocate and champion for the American people; particularly the poor. A partial list of the government agencies, departments, and programs the Kochs want abolished include the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Commerce, Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), Consumer Product Safety Commission and the repeal of any law requiring individuals to use “so-called” self-protection equipment such as seat belts, air bags, crash helmets or “civil liability” property insurance.
On social safety nets and aid to the disabled, the poor, and families and children the Kochs demand an immediate end to child-bearing health programs (Title X), welfare plans and supported services for children, emergency relief programs like food stamps, housing assistance, and every other ‘aid to the poor’ programs because they claim they demean Americans living in poverty due to low wage jobs, old age, disability, or infancy. According to the Koch’s libertarian ideology, any and all government programs to aid the poor, disabled, and elderly are privacy-invading, paternalistic, and fraudulent; they claim the proper source of paternalistic, privacy-invading, and fraudulent assistance is the purview of churches.
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