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==Koch Brothers' Fortune vs. Koch Industries' Employment==
[[File:Koch Net Worth vs Unemployment.jpeg|350px|left]] On Thursday, September 22nd, ''MSNBC'''s Rachel Maddow commented on the publication of the 2011 ''Forbes'' 400 and the growth of the [[Koch brothers]]' fortune, noting that, rather than being "job creators," as their fortune has risen since 2007, the number of people employed by Koch Industries has fallen. She showed the following chart: [[File:Koch Net Worth vs Unemployment.jpeg]]
The "Rachel Maddow Show" associate Will Fernia summarized the source of this information as follows:
==Affiliations and Funding of Interest Groups==
[[Image: Koch_Funding_to_Opposition_Groups.jpg|frame|leftright|"Koch's Web of Dirty Money and Influence" graphic from Greenpeace, originally published in "[http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Global/usa/report/2010/3/koch-industries-secretly-fund.pdf Koch Industries Secretly Funding the Climate Denial Machine]," 2010.]]
===Koch Family Foundations===
==Direct Lobbying and Campaign Contributions==
[[Image: Koch Campaign Contributions and Lobbying Expenditures.jpg|frame|rightleft|"Koch's Web of Dirty Money and Influence" graphic from Greenpeace, originally published in "[http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/Global/usa/report/2010/3/koch-industries-secretly-fund.pdf Koch Industries Secretly Funding the Climate Denial Machine]," 2010.]]
====Political Contributions====
The April 2011 [[Center for American Progress]] report presents the following chart of the Koch brothers' issue agenda:
[[File:Issue_Agenda.jpg|center]]
==Koch Industries' Political Activities==
