Here's a great article from Rolling Stone about the Koch family empire. plus.google.com/117577023754756081522/posts/f1cGebqFKC6

Michael Newell Thanks for the article. I have known about the evilness of the KOCHS .I live in Wichita, Kansas, home of the Kochs.

Janice Claypole​ I never knew how deep their corruption went until I read that, though. Even though it's kinda long, I recommend it to anyone to read the whole thing. Thank goodness for Bernie Sanders​!

Michael Newell its just crazy and its scary isn't it! people don't realize how deep the corruption is. you're right they do need to read the article!! Thanks again!

Janice Claypole No, he's telling you what you want to hear which is_ "Koch brothers, Koch brothers, Koch brothers!"_ and never once mentioning George Soros. The guys on the right do the same thing complaining about George Soros and never mentioning the Koch brothers... The fact of the matter is, don't get your hopes up. Bernie is a distraction and Hillary will be the nominee. I'm not saying to not support his ideas or vision, because we definitely need to go in that direction, but I don't enjoy seeing people lifted so high, only to be dropped on their face, like the thousands of Ron Paul supporters in 2012 who thought THEY had a shot at beating the establishment because that's the same road you're going down.

***** im 30 and have never voted. I registered to vote and will be voting for bernie. hes the only chance we've got. i also donated to his campaign.

***** It's refreshing to hear your view.My sentiments exactly.I haven't ever voted.Since '85 when I was eligible to vote there hasn't been a single candidate who gave me a reason to,so I stayed out of it watching that downward spiral you referred to.I'm so fired up about this guy,I can't stop talking about him & sharing his message.We're gonna finally get our Country back!Here's his candidacy announcement speech if you haven't already seen it.Enjoy! www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2015/05/26/berniesanders/27955299/?fb_ref=Default

***** you must first register as a democrat and vote for him in the democratic primary. independent voters cannot vote in the republican or democratic primaries where that party's candidate is chosen!!Bernie first needs to win the democratic nomination before running for president.

If he somehow isn't the candidate. This country won't survive if the koch's are allowed to by the White House. Citizens United must be repealed. Wolf-Pac.com

***** I would suggest you vote every time possible. If your reason for not voting is that you don't want to vote for the lesser of two evils, your not voting just helps elect the greater of two evils.

>Thomas Massie

>Justin Amash

If you support socialism you are far from sane.

Do you support Social Security? Roads? Hospitals? Police? I got news for you, We're all socialist just have to figure out how red you are Comrade

Ｓｔａｙｎｉｆｔｙ *the last communist

Thug Stopping Pro You do know that that was satire, don't you?

Thug Stopping Pro *cough* 50 shades of grey *cough* And yes, that part was satire. a.k.a. written with no intention of being true,

Thug Stopping Pro Oh, it's anti-american man. Interesting to find you here.

Thug Stopping Pro If it's more satire written in the 70's, I don't see how that in any way affects the issues we as a nation are dealing with, nor how it affects the solutions that Bernie's putting on the table to fix our nation. I have a feeling that you're hoping there's more to come to give you ammunition for smearing Bernie's name. Good luck with that!

Thug Stopping Pro stop trolling bernie videos, loser

+visno ,Hopefully It wont be long now...

what happens when a persons negligence or direct action leads to human death? How about the same rules apply, if you deliberately allow for conditions in which someone dies your company is forfeit.

Because a corporation isn't a person, obviously. All you can do is fine it. Which makes criminal prosecution a cost of doing business, rather than a deterrent. And when you have that sort of freedom, you can start to attack the legal system itself. Largely by paying off politicians and government agents and trading favors and offering lucrative employment. After all, there's no consequences for getting caught...

beautiful point!

It’s only a person when it wants to be. It’s not a person when it doesn’t want to be.

+roman2011 Bank of america meks 85 billion a year... they do shit for the community! America is a country filled with corrupt bussines men... its time to change that regime!

Its time these maggots feel the Bern! LOL.

+ghebreme123 This country has many more corrupt people in the government than in business! Bernie is a SOCIALIST you dumbass!

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+David Patton Um, socialist may mean many things, but not corrupt. Socialism, if anything, is against oligarchy and concentration of wealth or opportunity. Egalitarianism is at the very heart of socialism, and corruption is one of the biggest threats to egalitarianism.

MasterDeanarius he has pretty much one of the highest number of people attending his speeches. just saying. vote for him and he will win. the main reason that people don't want to vote for him and want to vote for Hillary at the primary is because they think that bernie is the best choice but doesn't stand a chance of winning. Pessimism is Bernie's biggest obstacle for president.

MasterDeanarius Even if he's never elected, he is informing Americans to wake up to the reality of the crimes being perpetrated on them by the 1%. Sometimes it's the journey and not the end of the journey that is important. Wake up Americans an fight back is really what Bernie Sanders is saying to everyone. I think he knows he may not be elected but he's the only one divulging facts to the American people.

vedant varma Exactly, hit the nail on the head.

MasterDeanarius 29,000 people in my city came to see Bernie Sanders last week. :)

+Banter Board My only fear is he doesn't get the democratic vote and runs as an independent. If he does that he will draw too many votes from Hillary and we will get stuck with Rubio or another Bush.

Doesn't hurt to try.

So do you remember the election of 2012? Sheldon Adelson, Koch Bros. and many other rich douche bags that gave Carl Rove millions to 'buy' the last election. Most of the candidates flopped, and Obama won. Money does not always buy enough whores.

***** I know. But, some pres. are very effective using the Bully Pulpit. Bernie must use it.

Caroline Corman Don't listen to the no-hopers Caroline. With the support of the people, Bernie can get elected President. And maybe as President alone he won't have enough power, but America will finally have another good, inspiring leader who can enlighten the people about these powers that exploit them, and so repair America's democracy. America desperately needs this. I'm from Australia, I just don't want to see democracy die in America, it's not doing too well.

Frank the Tank Bless you Frank. Bernie is the best. He is the guy for me.

OMG, they're doing that shit in Australia too? I'm sorry to hear that. The populace never recovers from forced austerity, especially if the populace classes are already financially weakened.

Guy Curtis Was it Jesus (or somebody???) who said that we will be judged by how we treat the most vulnerable in our society??? Who said that? They are right. Republicans, Koch Brothers, etc. ARE YOU LISTENING????

Yes, the 1% produces stuff and hires people and so did the Robber Barons; Railroads, Coal Mines.Factories. But Teddy Roosevelt, himself in that era's 1% busted up monopolies. Why did he act against his own self interest? Maybe sense of character, justice, compassion. I don't know. Know that Middle Class has been harvested like wheat.

You must be joking. May as well say: Corps don't want EPA regs? Fine, go set up shops in Third Wold Countries where there is no EPA. Opps, They have.

SC Rider i was just thinking that everyone is about to be farmers and pedlars with the koch brothers in charge society as we know it would go back to the dark ages...

Hard to understand why people with more money than they can spend, want more? In fact seem to want it all.

+SC Rider the quest for power is never ending. I hope our fate is never realized by those with ill will.

+Christopher Thomas Hmm interesting, I think he's great at giving speeches.

Obama was an eloquent speaker, but did NOTHING to help the American people

That guy ..... Is Bernie Sanders.

cinnireseisri Or a Kochsucker

😂😂😂😂

cinnireseisri incredibly stupid, incredibly corrupt or most likely both.

Ralkall hahhahaaa yes

etrnlygr8tful We need a Koch-roach hotel.

What wanting communism? We will have government in control of everything. Well we're there!!!

@@moodybugg-2098 you know a goverment giving 80 billions dollars and tanks,automatic assault rifles to its police with no oversight, thats what a communist goverment looks like

@@offbeatstuff8473 🙏👍😉

They won't show ur comment! Don't u love government. Government IS SLAVERY

I hope he’s the only guy like this in my life time

Social security, health care, education (including libraries, child care, basic education, maybe even universities), basic infrastructure (roads, postal service, electricity, water, internet) - these are things you don't want to privatize, unless you have good regulations that make sure, that private markets stay under tight control and therefore system will work for the people first, and for the profits second. -> In my mind, it's just better to have all of them public, even if your country has some corruption, because privatization can have a problem with slippery slope towards tax cuts and multi payer system that makes poor, working class and middle class poorer and upper middle class and the rich richer, since everyone have to pay their own services from their salary, which were paid by taxes before, which meant that they were mostly paid by upper class and wealthiest people. I like capitalism, but without a strong tax base and strong public services paid by all, capitalism will kill you if you can't compete.

@@Purjo92 i agree with you

Because you probably are not intelligent enough to save and invest your own money.

@@TheKaffeeKlatsch How do you know beforehand that I'm not intelligent? Your opinion doesn't relate to this topic.

@@brunoignaciogi Because you thanked a non-entity for what people actually did for starters. Then wearing a mask immediately puts you in the "not too bright" column.

Bernie, if is the way the koch's feel about americans,then we should not pay any more taxes.Our taxes help pay for a lot of these programs .

Right. Because is we take them out of the senate we give control to the conservatives. Good idea.

silat13 While thats possible, it's by no means a given, since there is a thing called an ELECTION to fill their seats which could just as easily be filled by a Dem or Ind.

9753flyer Easily? You are living in a dream world. The senate is a 50 50 proposition according to every expert when it comes to the next election. If you take 2 senators out then we will lose the very slim majority we have. But go ahead and support that outcome.

silat13 Per your own words, it's a 50/50 chance.. which means it IS just as likely that a Dem or Indie ends up in those seats. But go ahead, if you want to be a pessimist/glass half empty person, instead of seeing the benefits that could be had with the two of them in the White House.

9753flyer LOL it means we can lose it. Try googling the chances we lose the senate then post your reply.

Me to

Yes, he gives hope for the people to give all of their rights and money to the government.

+David Patton not at all thats what you are afraid. not only you but all american people should always be cautious of the government. For now its more like Bernie makes a miraculous point when he talks about capitalism and how dark money ruling the populous that makes the decisions in and around the government.

+Mariela You are correct but you don't say that capitalism is bad. Socialism and Communism are evil to the core and that is what Bernie is for.

the way capitalism is going, it is. socialism is like what the USA has now, social security that helps the people but even still people in the media say that its getting bankrupt. why you ask? because some people whom are the .001% want it. Bernie is a socialist democrat and wants to help the american people against these .001% who influence the media and politics.

social democracy...

I'm Australian and really rooting for America to change. They NEED Bernie

Boycotting may help a little. However, a push to overturn Citizen's United, via Constitutional Amendment will be a much more lasting impact.

KyuuA4 You have any idea what it takes to pass a Constitutional Amendment? It's a bridge too far for anything today with the electorate as divided as it is. For all practical purposes, it requires 2/3 vote in House and Senate, then 3/4 of the States must ratify. Harry Reid nuked the Senate because he deemed 3/5 (60) vote to high a hurdle. 2/3 requires 67 votes

Steve Vanechanos Yea. In fact, I expect to be dead before that kind of an Amendment passes. But so what? In addition to the voting process that you just mentioned, it will be a very nasty fight among the public. The power of money in our politics is so strong, such that it cannot ignored and must be turned completely around. Unfortunately, this is the only way to do it.

+tiffsaver Thus proving that your definition of the anti-christ is false.

+Bismillah Rabbani I was being FACETIOUS, you ignorant Christian fanatic.

tiffsaver How you keep getting your summations wrong is unbelievable. I am a Muslim woman, not Christian. Not that it matters in the whole scheme of all that is TRUTHFUL. It would be advisable for you to make relevant statements when commenting in these types of forums. You never know who is reading what you have written.

+Bismillah Rabbani How can "my summations be wrong" when you speak EXACTLY like a Born Again Christian?? A logical mistake isn't it? The next idiotic thing you did was obliquely chastise me for not knowing that you're a woman, as if I could give a shit. The fact is, I didn't know that Muslims believed in an anti-Christ. But it wouldn't surprise me, because ALL Abrahamic religions (from which Islam stole their entire faith from the Jews) talk the same ignorant, arrogant gibberish since Adam first banged Eve, yet another stupid religious fairytale. Ameen??

tiffsaver And it continues for all the world to see. I pity anyone who suffers from this much hate and utter ignorance. I hope that you will do some studying before you spew your nonsense in the future. You don't have to believe as others do but, it makes sense to not insult over half of the worlds' population because of what they believe. Live your life helping and loving others more. You will feel much better,as it is quite clear that you are suffering in pain and anguish. Healthy people do not need to hate for the sake of hating. I wish you the best that life offers, Ameen!!

+Aaron Lecciones Don't you mean "the badass _Sith-slaying Jedi_ in your government and country"? Or maybe "the badass _Jedi, slaying Siths_ in your government and country"? Because, and correct me if I am wrong, what you originally said implies that Bernie is a Jedi slaying _Sith_. Haha.

They are.

Elitists with sub standard views on morality, humanity and anything involving a conscience that doesn't garner more wealth!

Stick to all first names or all last names. Cause if you don't it's very confusing

+Tyrone Biggums I don't know why I'm laughing so hard at this comment. xD

Tyrone Biggums Get off the crack, it'll be less confusing.

+Jay Millz This is a very funny thread folks!

billy murph "Citizens United" documentary for anyone who wants to throw up at what the U.S has become.