"Report: Koch Brothers Made Sales to Iran" by Rachel Elson at CBS MoneyWatch

[applegrove]

Report: Koch Brothers Made Sales to Iran

by Rachel Elson at CBS MoneyWatch

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-46840786/report-koch-brothers-made-sales-to-iran/

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As big funders of the Tea Party, billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch have underwritten a populist movement against oversized government and 'excessive' regulation.

Now a new report suggests that in their own corporation, they've taken a different approach to government regulation: They've simply ignored it.

An extensive investigation in Bloomberg Markets magazine finds that Koch Industries has made multiple 'improper payments' (read: bribes) to win business in Africa, India and the Middle East; rigged prices with competitors; and used foreign subsidiaries to sell equipment to Iran.


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[femmocrat]

1. Can they be prosecuted?

Pleeez?

Thanks for the good find!

[AnotherMcIntosh]

3. No. They're Republicans.

[dflprincess]

5. Did anything happen to Prescott Bush for doing business with the Nazis?

No. In fact, after committing treason he was eventually elected to the Senate and the Connecticut Republicans named their annual dinner after him.

[We Want Peace]

9. Koch family sold oil to the Nazis as well

And of course Prescott attempted to use Smedley Butler to overthrow FDR.

[Kingofalldems]

2. Pallin' around with terrorists

I guess as 1 percenters, laws don't apply to them.

[DeSwiss]

4. Oh yeah?

Well, let me know when Eric Holder has them indicted and arrested. And that'll only happen if they've got cannabis on their person.

- Otherwise I'd say that they're pretty safe from prosecution from this Administration........

[annm4peace]

6. But we can make Noise about it

We can send emails to our Senators and Reps and tell them to charge them with treason.

We can email and demand Eric Holder charges them with Treason

We can email Obama to charge them with Treason


We can post it on comment section of Newspaper and TV channel news sites.

We can share the story with our progressive news stations and not so progressive and call into radio stations and ask why isn't Eric Holder investigating and prosecuting ?

We can make NOISE about and encourage others to boycott Koch goods and at to our list of reasons why.. which includes Treason

[We Want Peace]

10. Whoa- someone is not burdened with the usual learned helplessness

Right on!


Fight Fight Fight!!

'They got folks out there working for war... We have to fight for peace!' (and justice)

[notadmblnd]

7. Now isn't this something that the Treasury can look into? I'm sure it is illegal.

and wouldn't it be great to unload a few hunderd brazillion of the Koch brother $$$ in fines? And wouldn't it just kill them to have their money used for the poor or to pay down the deficit? Gee, if we only had an Attorney General with some guts....

[HubertHeaver]

12. Yes, it is illegal, it now comes under Homeland Security

Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). Among the milder penalties, they can lose their export privilege.

[glinda]

8. K & R n/t

[Initech]

11. How are they able to get away with such illegal activities??

[toddwv]

13. They're not just rich.

They are SUPER rich and have more than a few politicians on their payroll.

I'd love to see those smug sons-of-bitches taken down.

Maybe the gov can seize all their assets and give it to PP. That would put a stick in their caw.