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I'm going right off of the article you posted. It was that very article that Soros gave a total of $33M to the various charities, with the largest donation being $100K. The Koch brothers routinely give 10-100 times that amount to keep their pet project think tanks like the CATO Institute, American Enterprise Institute, The Heartland Institute, the Manhattan Institute and the Heritage Foundation, or their political action committees like Americans for Prosperity, FreedomWorks, the American Legislative Exchange Council or Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform, which wouldn't exist without their funding. The Koch brothers are in a completely different universe when it comes to funding political matters. And the Koch's don't give to community groups like Soros, they give to political causes. Major difference.
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Soros has funded the Democratic party directly, not just community projects alone.
But it's not just in America where Soros funds his political interests. He bankrolled Havel in the Czech Rebublic's 1989 revolution. He's openly admitted to funding the rebels in Ukraine.
In the beginning of 2007 when Obama announced he was running for the presidency, Soros within hours donated the maximum allowable amount directly to Obama. Obama gave 2 billion of Americans tax dollars to fund Brazil's state owned drilling company, Petroleo Brasileiro. At the same time Soros pumped over 800 million into same company.
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What I do find funny is that George Soros is the boogey man for the conservatives, but he is crushed in spending by the Koch brothers. Then they don't even mention the other conservative financiers out there who pour money into Republicans campaigns, guys like Paul Singer, Robert Mercer, John Ricketts, Sheldon Adelson, Richard Uihlein, and Robert McNair, who all give more each and every year than George Soros. Care to comments on that Mr. M14?
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No, what's funny is that it's impossible for a conversation to exist on american politics without people from the left crying about the Koch brothers. While conveniently forgetting about all the other donors that pump money into the Democratic party to suit their own agendas. I'll reiterate again that I'm not a fan of either political party being infiltrated by elite money.
Thomas and Kathryn Ann, Michael Bloomberg, Fred Eychaner, James and Marilyn Simons... look I can name drop too.
Mr. M14 has a nice ring to it too by the way. I like it, you can continue to call me that if you so desire.