unfortunately, its clear that US law does not apply here. The law is a commodity which is bought and sold.

Damn, it's like a Koch brothers expose marathon.

This is why corporations should not be allowed the rights of citizens since they cannot be sentenced like a citizen.

1st i thought you were talking about Coca cola and was like WTF xD

@Hamhark98 though you are right it is hard to make a connection to the top but when you have so many incidents where do you think the orders and directives are coming from?

ya, good thing they locked up that maijuana cigarette puffer. They're keeping us all safe.

Did the Koch Brothers watch "The Simpsons" saw Mr. Burns and said, "Yeah, we should be more like him!"?

U.S. law? If you were the Koch brothers, you could buy your own legislators and judges.

why would ANY of this surprise anyone?

Corruption is truly the problem, not only in this country but the entire world.

I love the way their name has been changed to pronounce as "coke", rather than the original pronounciation which is "cock". German for cook.

for some reason the koch videos were uploaded in reverse order, so when you view them on autoplay you hear the story backwards. so basically if you click the arrow under the # of vids you'll have to click vids to the right of this one (as long as you can) to listen to this story in proper order: ENuN2R0je0k VxhxLgy8N2Y lB0eiZDR8Xs RBKXvAehfPY 2ApRWsZhnoA FALOXK2cZYY

We need to stop using fines as punishment to corporations. We need to jail the senior officers and board members. Stock holders are not immune as well, they are ultimately responsible for who works at the senior management level.

Sounds like a good story to post a link to through facebook!

Koch pronounced like 'coke'- I really thought it was pronounced 'cock'.

If anything even remotely like this happened in Europe or any other part of the world for that matter, they would be thrown in jail in a second and have all their companies shut down.

"Yeah, so we maaaay have caused a nuclear meltdown in Africa..." ($1,000 fine)

This is why, originally (in the beginnings of our Republic), corporations were only granted 2 or 3 year charters, and had to justify their existence to renew.

Nothing will come of it. They own the very people who could bring them to justice.

I agree! Let our powers combine!

They can admit to ANYTHING and the hardest punishment they will ever receive is a fine and that some low level employee will be jailed for a few months.

they have to get some hassle for this, dont they? or is america that fucked up?

Yep, I bet they said to each other, "Darn, we've been destroyed." And then they wept.

@shadyzz954 you might want to give the full link

Yo these guys are like some sort of super villains!

@deepfriedchocobo The problem when taking out villains is that another one just comes along and takes their place.

@blacksheep2227 you can;t on youtube comment areas, it errors it out, just type in youtubes URL before that. simple really.

Can we get those torches and pitchforks out already!!

@SHEEPLEwhisperer Bloomberg LP, the company and financial report, not the billionaire Michael Bloomberg. (although the 2 are related)

And who wants to bet that nothing bad will happen to them?

Two teenagers died!?? I want to hear more on that!

I am so shocked that those nephews of Nazis would stoop so low .

These guys need to be in prison, not ripping us off for billions of dollars.

The people working for corporate industries are not accountable for the crimes they commit as corporations are given the same rights as individual people, and the people who make up the corporate interests hide behind the facade they have created. So corporations have all the rights and none of the responsibilities of individuals beyond the monetary considerations for which they claim the rights of individuals in the first place. A corporation is not a person to be punished.

Too bad these fines just get pushed on to their customers. These giant companies have way too much power and all of this does nothing to affect their bottom line.

So what? They'll simply pay their way out, with no justice to be seen anywhere...

@purgal20 you cant arrest a corporation but you can sure as hell dismantle it

I'd like to see these two Kochs get a nice, long prison sentence and have "Fleece" Johnson give them an intense orientation in their new residence.

The news organisation. Not the tree.

So many fucking violations of US law...and they haven't been convicted nor stripped of their title....nor sent to jail.

Isn't that what life insurance attempts to do? Put a price on your life?

Why don't cops arrest the super rich? You'd think there'd be a novelty to being the policeman that put the Koch Brothers in jail. I guess that money acts stronger than real actions and morals.

@ dalecs47: Thank you. Best wishes

Who's "paling around with terrorists" now?

@marsCubed well said, everybody should thumbs up your comment so more can read it.

The Koch brother should have to do a PERP WALK. Not a "hearing" in front of a senate panel where they are supposedly "shamed." Jail. A cell the same as any of us would get should happen. Sleeping on a top bunk with a stranger on the lower bunk and having to crap in front of everyone. That is what they deserve. For years...

@XxJasonRulesXx "The only difference between Communism and Capitalism is that under Communism the government owns big business, while under Capitalism big business owns the government­."

Torches and pitchforks is the only thing these monsters understand.

Holy crap...these guys are like super-villain evil.

in the end, no one spent a day in jail yet people in Louisiana are serving life sentences for marijuana use.......what's wrong with this picture?

I demand a federal investigation into their crimes, followed by their trial and imprisonment!

Hopefully this gets some play in the mainstream media.

The fines aren't large enough. Make them forfeit their holdings next time, that should register with their effed up minds.

FOR REAL ... GET US A LIST OF THEIR COMPANIES NO TO BUY FROM !!!!!!

Until they make jail time and their company gets broken down, I don't see what the big whoop is. All they do is pay off the law when they get caught and keep the billions rolling in at the cost of a few thousand or million dollars worth of fine.

if we had a real government, they'd be in jail right now.

Who wants to bet that nothing happens to them? They'll just end up paying a paltry fine and continue with business as usual.

@Oriente7 ahahahahaahah not in america my friend, the land where if your rich enough... the world is your garden and you can piss where ever you want too.

WHY AREN'T THEY ON TRIAL!!!!!!??? What the Hell is wrong with America!!??? They're breaking the law over and over and OVER again! A Fine isn't enough, these guys need a massive stretch in Prison and their Buisnesses split into smaller Companies and distributed for more competitiveness.

Bribery in India, North Africa and the Middle East? That's how things work over there. There may be laws saying you can't bribe them but even legit diplomats are in on "gift giving" it's how it works. The other charges are fucking disgusting though

Corporate personhood in action folks! An individual intentionally kills two teenagers, they (hopefully) go to prison for a long time to forever. A U.S. company kills two teenagers through willfull negligence and... they pay a fine...for an amount that doesn't even faze their growth or operations. All the rights, none of the responsibilities. The founders hopes for this country have been extinguished. This country isn't dying, its cold and stiff. Welcome to corporate oligarchy!

If a PERSON did what the Koch brother did, they would be IN JAIL.. FOR LIFE.. Now, some Republicans have said that CORPORATIONS ARE PEOPLE. SO am I to infer that since the Koch Brothers business is not jailed, that an individual person should be able to do exactly what Koch has done.. OH waittt.. corporations are only people WHEN it benefits them, and not in others. I will contribute money to the defense fund of the TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOT that terminates the Koch's with extreme prejudice!

where the hell is anna!!!

@belshazzar64 Isnt it my understanding that the company gets the fine, not any managers in charge? So they learn nothing because their bosses still know the manager saved more money than they spent in fines so they get a bonus.

@DearBossMusic Really? What did the gang members do to deserve such harsh punishment?

@taxiuniversum Very well said, thank you.

@OsirisLord I cannot agree more.

To be fair, point one isn't all that bad, if you don't bribe anyone in those countries, you never get anything.

@dangerouslytalented My point exactly! I'm getting so tired of the rich screaming class warfare when its the middle and lower class that are getting screwed. I don't hate rich people. I hate what they are allowed to get away with.

I have an idea, let's give them more tax cuts. That will help the economy.

Let's be honest... they'll probably get away with it.

Send unmanned drones to take out the Koch Bros

They are SUPER RICH! Nothing is going to happen to them.

Koch Brothers: Too Rich To Jail.

@coopmuch56 The really shitty deal is how cheap American politicians can be bought for... It's fucking sad.

Theyll definitely be awarded the Medal of Freedom one day by a president of either party. lol thats my bet

you guys know there's only two of them and like....i don't know....a lot of of us, just ice them and everyone's gotta promise to keep it a secret.

Laws are just government regulations. (sarcasm) These Koch bros. blow.

...Oh and no Grey Poupon.

So this means nothing happens to them right? Thought so.

@Thrashaero Notice how they always pay off governments and deregulate only specific things that would help them not the little guy? Thats not a free market, its corporatism.

And with all the violations they have done...they will get a slap on the wrist and keep rakeing in the millions.

When you romanticise the rich this much and keep taking thier money, this is what "job creators" become

@similaritiesendhere trouble is these type of "people"(and i use that term loosely) tend to be the people stiring UP the torchbearers and pitchfork holders as my old boss said once"follow the money"

How come when I break the law it's jail time but when corporation break the law its fine time? I guess money= free speech and free get out of jail free card in the corporatocracy.

@Ubertastic That would be wonderful, but unfortunately the people we elected to handle this sort of thing have been bought by the Koch brothers. In this country money lets you get away with anything. Sure they may have to pay some fines, but a 3 million dollar fine for them is like an over due library book fine for us. It sucks but it doesn't really put a dent in the bank.

They are the 1%. They act with impunity.

@coolfooly they only matter if you cant bribe your way to immunity

@MedievalWerewolf Yeah, I'm skeptical as well. They will pay some fine and go about their business as usual. How depressing!

@LogicBeforeNorms their worth only went up 800% after a couple of years must be hard earned work

Bloomberg is Awesome!!

Occupy Wall Street should get in front of their homes and just let em have it.

@hellshade2 This is because the business is considered a person to the law itself, however this person cannot be jailed, only shut down and liquidated. The system is supposed to fine companies enough so they go bankrupt if they perform illegal activities. However this idea has been considered old fashioned now for 50 years and the fines have not been raised to meet company's financial abilities. Resulting in them paying fines whenever the cost for doing the right thing is too high.

They have money, nothing will happen to them.

"Destroyed"? I don't think so...

Koch brothers for President!

The Young Turks should change their name to The Young Liberal Commies!

why aren't they going to jail for breaking the law

fines? what about prison?

mean while... somewhere there's a poor black kid being sentence to prison for pot.