Only the White House has eluded their grasp, though now most of the Republican candidates are dependent on their largesse and responsive to the policy demands of the plutocrats who bankroll all except Trump. “Her thesis, impressively backed by careful research and a wealth of rich anecdote, is that the Kochs and their network of billionaires have ALREADY bought the American political system: the House, the Senate, many state legislatures, the systems of legislative and Congressional redistricting and significant beachheads in American higher education.
“I have just finished Jane Mayer’s enlightening (and depressing) book, “Dark Money,” which I assume you have also read.
I had not even opened Dark Money, however, when an email popped up from an old friend - a long-time public servant and experienced cultural and arts administrator who had beat me to the punch. The calm, patiently-paced “voice” in every one of her books demands that attention must be paid. Mayer is the New Yorker staff writer whose reporting can leave a reader breathless. This weekend, I brought home Jane Mayer’s new book, Dark Money: The Hidden History of Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right. The brothers have become a focus of Democrats and liberals as they are accused of skewing the political playing field with their finances. The demonstrators were protesting against the campaign contributions by the billionaire Koch brothers who are owners of Koch Industries Inc. Activists hold a protest near the Manhattan apartment of billionaire and Republican financier David Koch on Jin New York City.
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