The ‘Kochtopus’ and Open Borders
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There are no two bigger names in conservative fundraising than Charles and David Koch — better known simply as the Koch Brothers.
If you asked any of your liberal friends to explain who the Koch Brothers are, you’d likely get a response that they were two evil men who may or may not be human and have the powers previously limited only to the great lizard people that conspiracy nuts think control the world.
Numerous documentaries and hit pieces have been written about the insidious power of the Koch Brothers from a left-wing angle, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has taken so much of an interest in their activities that the two brothers have become his favorite subject for Senate floor haranguings.
To the left, the network of conservative non-profits, PACs, and other entities that are funded by the Kochs represent one great big octopus (or Kochtopus) that is ruining America.
If only half the things the left has said about the Kochs were true, it might be imaginable to call their operation right wing. But the reality is they merely fight for fewer regulations on the free market and lower taxes. In other words, they’re libertarians.
And like a lot of libertarians (and “conservatives” for that matter), they are naturally supportive of granting amnesty to illegal immigrants because they believe it will be good for business. As Dave Weigel of Slate has noted, “the libertarian brothers have always put their money behind immigration reform.”
While the primary impetus of the Kochtopus is to fight programs that they perceive as intrusive on the omnipotent free market (thus, explaining their heavy involvement in the quixotic quest to defund Obamacare), a significant part of their network is dedicated to promoting mass immigration to America and supporting measures that would grant permanent residency to immigrants who came to our country illegally. ...
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