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09 December 17 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now:   Reader Supported News The Koch brothers. (photo: TIME) GOP Senator Pat Roberts Is Helping the Kochs Get a Tax Break for Pushing Money to 'Dark Money' Groups By David Sirota and Josh Keefe, The International Business Times 08 December 17 ith Republican megadonors like Charles Koch, 82, and his brother David, 77, advancing in age, a top GOP senator from the Kochs’ home state has proposed a special tax break for moguls who bequeath their riches to so-called “dark money” groups that advocate for policies and bankroll lawmakers’ election ads. Though Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts’ proposal did not make it into the Senate-passed version of the tax bill, it could still be added by the conference committee that will write the final  $1.4 trillion tax cut  legislation. Although dark money groups are entitled to conceal the identities of their donors,  reporting has shown  the Koch brothe...

Republicans [AKA Dirty Energy Koch Brothers' Enterprises] eschew PUBLIC EDUCATION.  It is known that poorly educated masses are MALLEABLE, readily believing the PROPAGANDA spewed forth without question.  Below is just a random sampling of statistics from ALABAMA......  take a look at the map of POVERTY.  The POOREST STATES are governed by REPUBLICANS.  There might be a connection?  The states with the WORST HEALTH STATISTICS are governed by Republicans.  The former Southern Confederate States cling to HATE, RACISM and IGNORANCE like the Holy Grail, ignoring lost economic opportunities.  What major corporation would move to some of these states with their 19th Century rhetoric?  More affluent states continue to subsidize this level of IGNORANCE as tax dollars flow. It seems ALIENS have invaded ALABAMA once again.  Thoughtful comments appreciated.   ...