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Billionaire industrialist David H. Koch, who with his older brother Charles was both celebrated and demonized for transforming American politics by pouring their riches into conservative causes, died Friday at 79.
The cause of death was not disclosed, but Koch Industries said Koch, who lived in New York City, had contended for years with various illnesses, including prostate cancer.
https://www.twincities.com/2019/08/23/ap-source-billionaire-david-koch-has-died-at-age-79/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/us/david-koch-dead.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-koch-died-conservative-donor-and-philanthropist-dead-age-79-2019-08-23/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/23/david-koch-dies-billionaire-leader-koch-industries-79/2094016001/
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @02:11PM (1 child)
It's not simply political beliefs. He went out of his way to throw money at any moron with a degree able to throw an air of intellectualism on his fucked up notions, and took advantage of disturbing loopholes in American tax law to not only get tax writeoffs for doing so, but pass money to his kids tax-free doing so.
Or, more plainly: he set out to benefit from poisoning the well of public discourse. He tried to make it impossible to have reasoned and honest discussions about government (or society, or the environment, or commerce). He certainly succeeded in making it harder, and his kids are richer for it.
For that, he gets the same in death from me as he got in life: awe at the potential of his wealth, and contempt for what he chose to piss it away on.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @06:45PM
"and took advantage of disturbing loopholes in American tax law to not only get tax writeoffs for doing so, but pass money to his kids tax-free doing so."
oh the horror! only idiots, whores and traitors pay the income tax.