Re:The 1% hide their money offshore, then use it to corrupt ...
by chishaku on Monday April 11, 2016 @11:22AM
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> ...pesky facts...
Estimated budget of Koch network in January 2015:
"The political network overseen by the conservative billionaires Charles G. and David H. Koch plans to spend close to $900 million on the 2016 campaign, an unparalleled effort by coordinated outside groups to shape a presidential election that is already on track to be the most expensive in history."
"In 2012, the Kochs’ network spent just under $400 million, an astonishing sum at the time. The $889 million spending goal for 2016 would put it on track to spend nearly as much as the campaigns of each party’s presidential nominee."
Budget was revised downwards in October 2015, likely due to the unpredictable nature of the GOP nomination and the Trump "phenomenon":
"Billionaire Republican Charles Koch said the Koch-backed network of political network of donors will spend $750 million on politics over two years, a significant amount less than the nearly $900 million expected."
"He chalked it up to people not contributing the way they expected."
Estimated budget of Koch network in January 2015:
"The political network overseen by the conservative billionaires Charles G. and David H. Koch plans to spend close to $900 million on the 2016 campaign, an unparalleled effort by coordinated outside groups to shape a presidential election that is already on track to be the most expensive in history."
"In 2012, the Kochs’ network spent just under $400 million, an astonishing sum at the time. The $889 million spending goal for 2016 would put it on track to spend nearly as much as the campaigns of each party’s presidential nominee."
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/27/us/politics/kochs-plan-to-...
Budget was revised downwards in October 2015, likely due to the unpredictable nature of the GOP nomination and the Trump "phenomenon":
"Billionaire Republican Charles Koch said the Koch-backed network of political network of donors will spend $750 million on politics over two years, a significant amount less than the nearly $900 million expected."
"He chalked it up to people not contributing the way they expected."
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/koch-brothers-spending...