Letters: Koch brothers

Subject: Letters: Koch brothers Sat Apr 19, 2014 12:33 am

To the editor: No less than two Associated Press articles in the April 9 Times News targeted, under different ostensible news reports, Charles and David Koch. Note that Koch Industries employs thousands, pays huge amounts of taxes, and that the Koch brothers have donated hundreds of millions of their own money to social charities.

Constitutional, libertarian, conservative, billionaire industrialists, exercising their right of free speech by financing at least one organization that places commercials opposing the anti-constitutional, anti-capitalist activities of the political left (usually supported by the very same AP from which these biased reports masquerade as news), the Koch brothers seem to have become enough of a threat to the left-wing Democratic Party to justify attempts at Alinsky-style character assassination.

For those who sign on to the left-wing “blame the Koch brothers for everything” bandwagon, here are questions to ask yourselves:

1. Do you support a political party or politician who represents your personal views?
2. If you had billions, wouldn’t you pay to further your views?
3. If so, why do you deny these successful entrepreneurs their right to do the same?

The answer you give will tell what kind of moral person you are.

Dick Kranker

Hendersonville

http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20140417/ARTICLES/404171001

Subject: Re: Letters: Koch brothers Sat Apr 19, 2014 2:51 am

Constitutional, libertarian, conservative, billionaire industrialists, exercising their right of free speech by financing at least one organization

That's purchased speech, not free speech! Don'tcha know the diff?

Subject: Re: Letters: Koch brothers Sat Apr 19, 2014 2:57 am

"Purchased speech?"

LOL!

Subject: Re: Letters: Koch brothers Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:02 am

Hilarious, sneaky conceptual switch ain't it? I first heard it from a labor PM's husband...

"The Electoral Finance Bill does not diminish 'free' speech," Professor Davis wrote in the Weekend Herald.

"It restricts speech that is 'purchased' through advertising - and only in an environment that is electorally sensitive.

"I would be concerned if 'free' speech was being constrained but limits on the rights to 'purchase' speech are justified to protect our democracy from money politics, although I can see it might hurt the Herald's bottom line."

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10476873

Subject: Re: Letters: Koch brothers Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:05 am

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