Koch network growing frustrated with the GOPs 2018 agenda

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By James Hohmann April 6 at 9:09 AM

THE BIG IDEA: Leaders of the conservative Koch political network are mad about President Trump’s tariffs, the failure to protect “dreamers” and runaway government spending. They’re frustrated that congressional leaders do not feel a greater sense of urgency to pass more ambitious legislation during what could be the final six months of unified Republican control for a long time. And they’re worried that squabbling might derail their efforts to roll back financial regulations, expand access to experimental medicines and overhaul the criminal justice system.

For now, the network led by billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch still plans to spend between $300 million to $400 million on politics and policy during the 2018 cycle. But they’re growing impatient, rethinking their approach and signaling a willingness to work more closely with Democrats on areas of common ground.

“We're not going to sit back and wait, as we have in the past,” said James Davis, a senior official at the network who oversees communications. “We’ve also pulled punches in a lot of places where we didn't want to upset folks that we were going to be working with on other issues. … So we're going to have to come out and hold Republicans and Democrats accountable. … If they think they're going to wait out the clock for the rest of this congressional cycle, voters would be right to ask: ‘Why should I send these people back to represent me?’”

As Congress returns on Monday from a two-week Easter recess, watch for the constellation of groups funded by the network to ramp up pressure on the legislative branch for more action. There will be a paid media component and the mobilization of grass-roots affiliates, such as Americans for Prosperity.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/04/06/daily-202-koch-network-growing-frustrated-with-the-gop-s-2018-agenda/5ac6d16a30fb043deaded788/?utm_term=.d67b2feb5843

(Translation: We got the main things we wanted - tax cuts for the very richest, deregulation of just about everything, neutering of Dodd-Frank, the ACA set to starve on the vine... but we want more. And I doubt it is was the author claims... More like the elimination of what they negatively-defined "entitlements". Because. Libertarian.)

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Give the Kochs an inch, they want an Acre.....?...

AMERICAN Oligarchs will never be happy until they can claim they are the Masters of The Universe.

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2. They are trying to increase their ROI

They seemed to have done better than Rove ever did on his "investments".

[saidsimplesimon]

3. We think alike, thank you

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[BumRushDaShow]

4. Or this

[Bengus81]

5. All happy feet about HIS 14% Corp tax cut plus HIS 3% personal tax CUT yet..............

BITCHES when the Government spends money on anything that would help someone who's not worth $50 BILLION.

[BumRushDaShow]

6. And any wage increases would be off the table

because that would cut into "profits".

[Gothmog]

7. the Kochs made a bad investment

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Not necessarily

They got their HUGE tax cuts - notably in the corporate tax rate. So that in itself is a pretty major return. And notably because as long as some GOP member is at the top of the ticket, those rates will remain in place - i.e., at least until 2020.