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>Tu quoque fallacy. Maybe the Kochs are an easy target because they do it at a scale never before imagined - their annual spending on their political projects e
by tsotha 11y ago
>Tu quoque fallacy. Maybe the Kochs are an easy target because they do it at a scale never before imagined - their annual spending on their political projects easily eclipses Steyer's entire net worth...
Oh? They spend more than a billion dollars every year? Please, sign me up for your newsletter.
- ZeroGravitas 11y agoTheir "Freedom Partners" group publicly announced a budget of $889 million for 2016. I'm not sure what Steyer is worth, he's referred to as a billionaire so that would suggest slightly more than that figure, but it's not so far away as to require a sarcastic response.
- tsotha 11y agoEh... no. The total spending of all the groups the Koch brothers support (including Freedom Partners) is $889m. But that's not what the Koch brothers are spending, that's the total spending of all the groups they support. The amount of money they spent is a tiny fraction of that number. For more realistic numbers this is a good place to start: http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/09/opensecrets-battle-koch-brothers/ http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2010/09/opensecrets-battle-k...