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| Koch Brothers |
It looks like the Koch Brothers’
efforts to take over the libertarian think-tank the Cato Institute and
oust long-time president Ed Crane has been thwarted. According to David Weigel,
who is close to these folks, Crane called a meeting of the Cato board
and used an obscure bylaw to expand it and then pack it with loyalists.
In a subsequent interview, Crane told Weigel this:
I want to save Cato. I’ll step down if it ends this thing. It can’t be a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries. Who the hell is going to take a think tank seriously that’s controlled by billionaire oil guys? It’s just nuts! READ MORE
