Koch Brothers Behind Push To Dismantle EPA

[GoLeft TV]

From DeSmogBlog:

During last week’s Americans For Prosperity (AFP) event, a common theme kept creeping into the speakers’ presentations: Dismantle the EPA. And as the major funders of AFP, Charles and David Koch are the ones pulling the strings of the American elected officials who keep clamoring for an end to all environmental protections.

Since the new Republican-controlled Congress took over earlier this year, calls for the EPA to be disbanded and general attacks on the agency have been constant. Those in favor of saying goodbye to the EPA include presidential candidates like Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, elected officials like Republican Representatives Mike Rogers and David McKinley, and even media figures like Fox News’s John Stossel. The attacks include false claims that the agency is destroying jobs, or just general claims that the agency’s usefulness has run its course.

But when you look past those claims, the money from the Koch brotherss and their organizations is all that you can see...

Keep reading at DeSmogBlog - http://desmogblog.com/koch-brothers-behind-push-dismantle-epa

[annabanana]

1. Of course they are. the EPA costs them money.. doing such damn fool things like

trying to keep our air breathable and our water drinkable.. the NERVE.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. The Koch brothers oppose all the things that we know make our lives

more livable.

You know, clean air, clean water, and especially clean elections.

If they had their way, I guess we'd be a lot more like Somalia!:eyes:

They are criminal SOB's and traitors to boot.

[tabatha]

3. The mind boggles at these two.

They are both supposed to be chemical engineers - and as scientists they cannot be pardoned for not knowing the effects of chemicals and toxins.

[saras]

4. They know. They understand. They enjoy the suffering they cause. What's not to get?

[Vincardog]

5. The Koch brothers are the argument for an 100% inheritance tax on everything over $10M

[JDPriestly]

6. Agreed.