It turns out that the Tea Party and various right-wing think tanks are being backed funded by a couple of billionaire oil tycoons. Charles and David Kock (pronounced "coke") own Koch Industries a conglomerate based in Wichita Kansas with an estimated income of 100 billion dollars. The Kochs own oil refineries in Alaska, Texas, and Minnesota, as well as pipelines, and also Brawny paper towels, Dixie Cups, Georgia pacific lumber, and Stainmaster carpets.
The Kochs are funding groups with names like "Americans for Prosperity" which promote a pro-corporate agenda of low taxes and less regulation. The Kochs are also deniers of global warming, funding groups like the Cato Institute which spew out denyer propaganda.
Koch Industries has a record of negligence and malice. It has been found guilty of more than three hundred oil spills. It has also been found liable for the deaths of two Texas teenagers in a gas pipeline explosion.
There you have it folks. The Tea Party, far from being a grassroots movement, is really just "astroturf," funded by billionairs like the Koch's, so they can continue to pollute and make tons of cash. The Koch's are not only bad for democracy, they are a menace to life on the planet.
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