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Koch believes in an independent Cato Institute
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2012 Apr 5, 3:12am 2,459 views 4 comments
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Vicente
2012 Apr 5, 5:07am
Vicente
2012 Apr 5, 5:07am
I can't help but sputter "but...but... how did this drivel get published?"
But then I read stories about the Perry/Brand divorce and am reminded infotainment is the goal not actual journalism.
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Vicente
2012 Apr 5, 1:35pm
Vicente
2012 Apr 5, 1:35pm
Luckily they have been defunct more or less since 2005
That's the great thing about 5013c. So easy to just let it go defunct if it's not doing well and switch activities to another one. Much like shell corporations.
Makes me think, why would the Koch brothers care so much about Cato? They could just defund it, and open up other paper mills run by some more compliant toadies.
Man, this article is a real knee slapper. From a guy who serves as a VP at the Koch Foundation and also on the Cato board:
"In 1974, Charles Koch started the Charles Koch Foundation. In 1976, the foundation was renamed Cato Institute, with Koch as one of the co-founders. His vision was to build a nonpartisan organization that would advance ideas that enable all people to prosper by promoting liberty, limited government, free markets and peace. That vision has remained a constant since the beginning."
And it just gets worse from there.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/05/opinion/gentry-cato-koch/index.html?hpt=hp_bn7
I feel SO *ashamed* that I once read every Cato paper and recommended the best of them to friends. What a fool I was.