05-23-2014, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
it's illuminati and lizard people, same cats doing the chemtrails and hiding the return of Jesus  |
So share the source then and let's find out where it really came from.
For example the Heritage Foundation is a big one which often is the direct or indirect source of some of these "statistics".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politi..._Koch_brothers
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One 1997 study by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy[23] identified twelve American foundations which have had a key influence on US public policy since the 1960s via their support for the Heritage Foundation, the American Enterprise Institute and the Cato Institute.[24] Three of these are Koch Family Foundations (the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation, the Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation, and the David H. Koch Charitable Foundation).[25] Others are the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, John M. Olin Foundation, Carthage Foundation (controlled by Richard Mellon Scaife), Earhart Foundation, Philip M. McKenna Foundation, JM Foundation, Henry Salvatori Foundation, Sarah Scaife Foundation, and Smith Richardson Foundation.[25]
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According to the environmentalist group Greenpeace, organizations that the Koch brothers help fund such as Americans for Prosperity, the Heritage Foundation, the Cato institute and the Manhattan Institute have been active in questioning global warming.[93
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According to Media Transparency, the Heritage Foundation received $61,944,537 in foundation grants from organizations such as: the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the Scaife Foundations, the John M. Olin Foundation, Inc., Castle Rock Foundation, JM Foundation, Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation, the Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation, and the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation.
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http://www.rightwingwatch.org/conten...age-foundation
You'd probably be surprised at how many of the "facts" and "statistics" you hear on Fox News are actually coming from organizations funded by the Kochs and other billionaires or vested interests. There are hundreds if not thousands of these groups. Usually if you examine the claims in more detail you will find the truth is far different than what was presented (IOW it's propaganda). For example the "only 1.1% of people make minimum wage" stat being presented to imply that a minimum wage increase to $10 an hour would only affect 1.1% of the population when in reality it's closer to 20-25% as that stat only includes those who make EXACTLY minimum wage and not one penny more.
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