TAKE BACK AMERICA
FROM KOCH - ALEC - GOP TEA PARTY-TRUMP
I have been wondering who the "Donors" are that are pushing Republicans to pass the GOP Tax Scam-Surprise Surprise it is Koch!
sheds a lot of light on what is happening right now. We now need to focus on the donors they must become targets of our rage-boycott their products-fright back with your votes and pocket books.
If you have been following news about the Koch brothers, you might be curious as to which products they manufacture.
Top 7 Companies Owned by the Koch Brothers
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Top 7 Companies Owned by the Koch Brothers
The Koch brothers have become well-known for their libertarian and conservative politics, and are often portrayed as significant personalities that impact elections and government decisions. (See also: The Koch Brothers: America's 2nd Wealthiest Family.)
However, despite the Koch brothers’ fame as political influencers, their primary activities are centered around running Koch Industries Inc., of which they own 84%. This is a private company that has revenues topping $100 billion. However, it is not really a single company, but a conglomerate of companies the brothers own and operate.
The industries under the Koch umbrella are diverse, ranging from companies that deal with energy to spandex. Koch companies manufacture paper, process minerals, create fertilizers and refine oil.
We have selected seven top companies owned by the Koch brothers so that you can have a glimpse of the scope and nature of their business holdings. All information is current as of November 26, 2017.
1. Flint Hills Resources
Flint Hills is a fuel-producing company. It offers petroleum products, gasoline, diesel fuels, jet fuels and other oil products. The company's ethanol plants have a combined production capacity of more than 800 million gallons per year.
The company also explores biofuels. Flint Hills markets a variety of chemical applications, coatings, automotive parts and asphalt. Flint Hills markets and sells on a worldwide basis, including the United States, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America, Central America and New Zealand.
2. Georgia-Pacific
This is a paper company that produces paper, tissue, toilet paper, and building products and includes the well-known brands Quilted Northern tissue, Brawny paper towels and Dixie cups. Aside from these products, wallboard napkins, boxes, paper dispensers, and pulp round out the company’s offerings.
The company employs more than 35,000 people in over 200 locations. Georgia-Pacific claims to be environmentally responsible. It is based in Atlanta, Georgia, but markets worldwide.
3. Guardian Industries
Think of Guardian Industries as a glass company. It manufactures glass for automobiles, building applications, fiberglass insulation and coated glass for architectural needs.
The company is known for its research and development of new applications for glass, such as energy-efficient windows.
Based in Michigan, Guardian Industries employees 18,000 people in the United States, South America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
4. Invista
Invista makes spandex, resins, chemicals and polymers. It is a spin-off of DuPont, now owned by the Koch brothers. The company concentrates on textiles and owns numerous brands such as Lycra, Tactel and Thermolite, as well as brands for outdoor gear, carpet (Stainmaster) and luggage.
In total, Invista owns 23 brands, and is involved in fabrics, fibers, plastics, polymers, chemicals, and the licensing of technology. The company operates in 20 countries and has 10,000 employees.
5. Molex
Molex creates electronics to solve technical problems in electric cars, robotic surgery and even the Mars Rover. The company is also involved in fiber optics, smartphones and defense applications.
Molex counts nearly 100,000 products in its catalog, and has more than 42,000 employees in 39 countries.
6. Koch Ag & Energy Solutions
Koch Ag and Energy Solutions operates three Koch Industries companies. Koch Fertilizer manufactures and markets a wide variety of fertilizer products used in the agriculture industry. It operates a global distribution network with terminals in North America, South America, and Europe. Koch Energy Services markets electricity and natural gas in North American markets.
It uses its expertise in market analysis, purchasing, hedging, and energy logistics to provide comprehensive services to other companies. Koch Methanol is a methanol supplier. It was originally established to fulfill the needs of Koch Industries subsidiaries, but it now works with other companies as well.
7. Koch Pipeline Company
This company owns pipelines throughout Texas, Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois. The pipelines transport oil and refined petroleum, as well as natural gas. Some of the pipelines are associated with Flint Hills Resources.
Koch Pipeline Company operates approximately 4,000 miles of pipeline in six U.S. states, the longest of which include the 580-mile Wood River Pipeline in Missouri and a 540-mile pipeline system in South Texas, which both transport crude oil.
8. Time Inc.
Meredith Corp (MDP.N) announced on Nov. 26, 2017 that it will buy TIME Inc (TIME), the publisher of magazines like Fortune, Sports Illustrated and People, in a $1.84 billion all-cash deal backed by the Koch siblings.
The brothers will contribute $650 million in preferred equity via Koch Equity Development (KED), the investment arm of Koch Industries. The press release announcing the acquisition said KED will not have a seat on Meredith's board or any influence over its operations. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2018.
The Bottom Line
Koch Industries Inc. is so vast it is hard to grasp its full reach. Because Koch Industries is a private company, it is not required to publish the kinds of financial information that publicly-traded companies publish. Figures about the size of Koch Industries and the companies it owns are not as reliable as figures for public companies.
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Koch financing TeaParty
http://billmoyers.com/2013/10/04/playing-chicken-with-food-safety/
is President Obama joining ALEC to promote the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)?
http://truth-out.org/news/item/19135-the-trans-pacific-partnership-we-wont-be-fooled-by-rigged-corporate-trade-agreements
KOCH UPDATE
If you are on Facebook here are some great places you should follow and share to help stay informed about Koch Industries ...
https://www.facebook.com/RobertGreenwaldBNF
Excellent movie Koch Brothers Exposed!
http://www.kochbrothersexposed.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/145674108796899/635563649807940/?comment_id=635730016457970¬if_t=group_comment_reply
ALEC HAS OPERATED IN SECRET FOR OVER 40 YEARS DOING UNTOLD DAMAGE TO AMERICA
The Nation Magazine has an update about recent ALEC activities. It is a must read in my opinion. It illustrates how ALEC has gone unchecked for over 40 years...they spent a lot of time scheming & planning--sorta correlates to when this country started moving to the right and going into a death spiral FIND OUT WHAT CORPORATIONS SUPPORT ALEC...go to their web sites locate the "contact" info and start sending emails, letters and tweets, we now know who these people are. They are not operating under a cloak of secrecy anymore. We need to let them know that we will boycott their products, expose them and disgrace them hit them in their pocketbooks that is what will stop them there may be 1% of them but there are 99% of us and if we refuse to continue spending our $$$ with them we can hurt them and begin to take back our country ....
http://tinyurl.com/nxel3kn
YOU MIGHT NEED TO GIVE UP A FEW CUTE CAT VIDEOS BUT IF YOU CARE ANYTHING ABOUT WHO IS CONTROLLING THE LAWS IN THIS COUNTRY
"By changing the laws one State at a time"
MAKE SURE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO - The United States of ALEC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0CaOhS7wJg
Published on Oct 1, 2012
September 28, 2012: Moyers & Company presents "United States of ALEC," a report on the most influential corporate-funded political force most of America has never heard of -- ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. A national consortium of state politicians and powerful corporations, ALEC presents itself as a "nonpartisan public-private partnership." But behind that mantra lies a vast network of corporate lobbying and political action aimed to increase corporate profits at public expense without public knowledge.
"United States of ALEC" is a collaboration between Okapi Productions, LLC and the Schumann Media Center, headed by Bill Moyers, which supports independent journalism and public watchdogs including the Center for Media and Democracy, whose investigators are featured in the report.
Using interviews, documents, and field reporting, the episode explores ALEC's self-serving machine at work, acting in a way one Wisconsin politician describes as "a corporate dating service for lonely legislators and corporate special interests."
In state houses around the country, hundreds of pieces of boilerplate ALEC legislation are proposed or enacted that would, among other things, dilute collective bargaining rights, make it harder for some Americans to vote, and limit corporate liability for harm caused to consumers -- each accomplished without the public ever knowing who's behind it.
"United States of ALEC" is a collaboration between Okapi Productions, LLC and the Schumann Media Center, headed by Bill Moyers, which supports independent journalism and public watchdogs including the Center for Media and Democracy, whose investigators are featured in the report.
"United States of ALEC" is a collaboration between Okapi Productions, LLC and the Schumann Media Center, headed by Bill Moyers, which supports independent journalism and public watchdogs including the Center for Media and Democracy, whose investigators are featured in the report.
Using interviews, documents, and field reporting, the episode explores ALEC's self-serving machine at work, acting in a way one Wisconsin politician describes as "a corporate dating service for lonely legislators and corporate special interests."
In state houses around the country, hundreds of pieces of boilerplate ALEC legislation are proposed or enacted that would, among other things, dilute collective bargaining rights, make it harder for some Americans to vote, and limit corporate liability for harm caused to consumers -- each accomplished without the public ever knowing who's behind it.
"United States of ALEC" is a collaboration between Okapi Productions, LLC and the Schumann Media Center, headed by Bill Moyers, which supports independent journalism and public watchdogs including the Center for Media and Democracy, whose investigators are featured in the report.
THE BEST WAY TO DEFEAT ALEC AND STOP THE REPUBLICANS IS TO USE THE LIST OF COMPANIES THAT SUPPORT ALEC
This link provides a list of companies that support ALEC-Please write, phone, send messages on FB and Twitter telling them to stop supporting ALEC
this is an update of companies that have dropped out of ALEC
WE ALL NEED TO COME TOGETHER
The following links will provide you a lot of information & products to boycott.
In addition Koch Brothers are a major source of funding for ALEC. ALEC has been very instrumental in getting legislation like the Stand Your Ground law that gave George Zimmerman the license to shoot an unarmed 17 year old youth, passed all over America.
you can read about it here:
ALEC Exposed is full of great information about just who ALEC is:
Another Koch Brothers crony you should know about. Art Pope
you can read about it here:
http://unknownjournal.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/%E2%96%BC-report-the-kochs-their-nazi-past-american-oil-the-foundation-of-republican-ideology/
The following links will provide you a lot of information & products to boycott.
http://inspirationgreen.com/koch-brothers-products.html
http://www.boycottkochbrothers.com/
Koch Brothers' Products -- We're Surrounded.
Lots! LisFind Koch Products Heret of koch brothers products
Georgia-Pacific also distributes paper towels, napkins and soap dispensing systems used in commerical settings. Some GP commercial toilet paper brands: Envision, Coronet®, SCA, Tork and Fort James. GP produces Pacific Garden liquid soaps...
