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<blockquote data-quote="oldngray" data-source="post: 1623539" data-attributes="member: 45230">From 2012 but a typical example of Koch charity:To be sure, the Kochs have given &quot;more than a hundred million dollars to right wing causes&quot; (which is their right, by the way). But in the last decade, it&#039;s also worth noting the Kochs have given <a href="http://www.kochfamilyfoundations.org/FoundationsDHK.asp" target="_blank">more than $600 million i</a>n pledged or donated money to arts, education, and medical research, including (but not limited to):New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell: $15 millionM.D. Anderson Cancer Center: $25 millionThe Hospital for Special Surgery: $26 millionMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: $30 millionProstate Cancer Foundation: $41 millionDeerfield Academy: $68 millionLincoln Center&#039;s NY State Theater: $100 millionMassachusetts Institute of Technology: $139 millionHere we have civic-minded business leaders engaging in their right to participate in the political process -- and also donating large amounts of wealth to philanthropic causes. Oh the humanity....<a href="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/koch-brothers-give-more-to-charity-than-to-right-wing-causes/" target="_blank">http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/koch-brothers-give-more-to-charity-than-to-right-wing-causes/</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="oldngray, post: 1623539, member: 45230"] From 2012 but a typical example of Koch charity: To be sure, the Kochs have given "more than a hundred million dollars to right wing causes" (which is their right, by the way). But in the last decade, it's also worth noting the Kochs have given [URL='http://www.kochfamilyfoundations.org/FoundationsDHK.asp']more than $600 million i[/URL]n pledged or donated money to arts, education, and medical research, including (but not limited to): New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell: $15 million M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: $25 million The Hospital for Special Surgery: $26 million Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center: $30 million Prostate Cancer Foundation: $41 million Deerfield Academy: $68 million Lincoln Center's NY State Theater: $100 million Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $139 million Here we have civic-minded business leaders engaging in their right to participate in the political process -- [I]and[/I] also donating large amounts of wealth to philanthropic causes. Oh the humanity.... [URL]http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/09/02/koch-brothers-give-more-to-charity-than-to-right-wing-causes/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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