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David Koch Pros And Cons

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Someone who has a grasp on American politics like no other is David Koch and his brother Charles. The bigger of the two players is David with a fortune of 25 billion dollars. He and his brother run Koch industries which sell familiar products like Brawny paper towels and Dixie Cups. Those are just a couple of the products that they sell of course, but where they make a killing is in oil and gas. The Koch brother bring in over 100 billion dollars in annual revenue, most of it coming from their oil and gas business. With that fortune the Koch brother have spent over 50 million in order to lobby in Washington ever since 2006. In 1980 David Koch ran for vice president on the libertarian ticket which only ended up getting 1 percent of the vote.

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