Econo, I'm Sure You'll Agree...

[Lord Jim]

That this sounds like a wonderful company:




60,000 jobs, American innovation and manufacturing, look at all the good things they do...

Yessir, from watching this commercial, they sure look like a great bunch...

What's not to like?

[Joe Guy]

Things go better with Koch!!

[Econoline]

Fortunately, at the end of that video YouTube helpfully suggests several negative views of the Koch brothers to balance things out. I was particularly amused by the video from Jesse Ventura (he's still around? and employed? who knew?) but of course the suggested Rachel Maddow video (and others) answers your "What's not to like?" question with more intelligence and precision.

Gee, with all the wonderful things the Kochs have to boast about, it's odd that when it comes to political spending they'd rather hide their light under a bushel (or rather a myriad of bushels and oil barrels with confusing astroturf labels). Puzzling, no?

[rubato]

the Koch ad mentions innovation. Can anyone think of any innovation from a Koch-owned business which happened while they owned it? Apparently they couldn't either, or they would have said something.


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rubato

[Long Run]

Bill Koch invented/popularized skate skiing. Spells and pronounces his name the same; beyond that any relation is pure conjecture.

[Econoline]

the Koch ad mentions innovation. Can anyone think of any innovation from a Koch-owned business which happened while they owned it? Apparently they couldn't either, or they would have said something.

One scene in the ad shows rolls of toilet paper coming off the assembly line of some Koch subsidiary.

I suspect that many of the Koch brothers' innovations are in the field of ass-wipery.