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Tea Party Backer David Koch Becomes Wealthiest New Yorker

New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg is no longer the wealthiest New Yorker according to Forbes Magazine. Tea party backer David Koch is now number one after his income soared from $16 billion to $21.5 billion in 2009. The New Yorker magazine recently revealed that David Koch and his brother Charles have quietly helped bankroll the tea party movement and dozens of other right-wing causes. The New Yorker's Jane Mayer reported the Kochs are longtime libertarians who believe in drastically lower personal and corporate taxes, minimal social services for the needy, and much less oversight of industry—especially environmental regulation.

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[Albert18264]

Koch may be a crook and a liar but who else can boast that every time they let rip with a fart it is worth $20 Billion plus ? .

[TheStephen2009]

Kock is a crook and a lier !!

[jtp0321]

Why are liberals so miserable? Oh yeah, they are liberals. Listen to this bitch, sounds like she is 10 seconds away from a handfull of xanax chased by vodka.

[chixsngr]

Good guy....only spends tens of millions to deny that we are destroying the planet. WHY? Because he makes money from oil and deforestation for his paper products. I'm sure he's a wonderful husband and father....but yeah, killing everyone? Not a nice guy.

[chukmaty]

David Koch, good guy, cannot think of a better guy to back any movement.  Do not agree with all of his libertarian views but I am happy that he is successful. Not a "vile human being" the left is so hyperbolic and unreasonable.

[kevin120857]

Koch is a vile human being.