tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post70324649788846643..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: Al Qaeda Plan to Drain US Economy - Did Fall of Soviet Union Result From Similar US Policy?ed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-401555670769085152013-09-18T17:15:38.321-04:002013-09-18T17:15:38.321-04:00Yikes! Just read a comment to the Sept. 18, 2013 N...Yikes! Just read a comment to the Sept. 18, 2013 NY Times Editorial: The Money Behind the Shutdown Crisis - NYTimes.com<br /><br />This person wrote about Koch sponsored legislation that passed in Kansas. No doubt about their goal. <br /><br />Vashti4<br />Lawrence, Kansas<br /><br />This has already happened at the state level in Kansas in November 2012. Koch money funneled through various PACs and the Chamber of Commerce decimated the ranks of moderate Republican office holders in Kansas. As payback our governor and the new ultraconservative (libertarian) legislators pushed through a bill that eliminated state income taxes on sole proprietorships, partnerships and LLC's and raised the (regressive) sales tax. Surprise. Surprise. Koch Industries based in Wichita is a partnership, not a corporation. So the next big surprise is that state revenues are down significantly.<br /><br />A coalition of moderate Republicans and Democrats spent generations providing good government, good schools and public universities, good roads and decent support for the poor and disabled. We're now living off the taxes our parents and grandparents paid.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-23548373078071191302013-09-18T14:57:03.036-04:002013-09-18T14:57:03.036-04:00No doubt when one spends a day fasting and in cont...No doubt when one spends a day fasting and in contemplation, concerns become more focused and incites often occur.<br /><br />It seems to me that the Koch brothers, ALEC, some Supreme Court justices, etc. have the exact same goal as Al Qaeda: a Federal government that ONLY funds military and business owners.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com