Koch Brothers Could Be $1 Billion Richer Each Year From GOP Tax Bill



The Dirty Energy Koch Brothers have conducted effective PROPAGANDA campaigns, successfully gotten some of the Dumbest Congressmen elected....please Watch them.  

 The GOP Tax SCAM rewarded their efforts generously...and generations to come will struggle with the GOP DEFICIT. 


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David and Charles Koch. (photo: Getty)
David and Charles Koch. (photo: Getty)

Koch Brothers Could Be $1 Billion Richer Each Year From GOP Tax Bill 
Alex Kotch, International Business Times 
Kotch writes: "A new analysis has found that political mega-donors Charles and David Koch and/or the business they operate could make between $1 billion and $1.4 billion more money each year, thanks to the tax breaks in legislation passed in December by Republican members of Congress." 
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