The Koch Brothers Spill The Beans

In recent years, Charles and David Koch — the billionaire brothers who run Koch Industries — have sought to cast themselves as selfless patriots, pushing policies that were against their own interests for the good of the nation. The argument was part of a gauzy and extensive public relations campaign intended to blunt attacks from liberals highlighting their outsized influence on the political system.

For example, in 2014, Charles Koch wrote an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal highlighting their altruistic approach: "Far from trying to rig the system, I have spent decades opposing cronyism and all political favors, including mandates, subsidies and protective tariffs—even when we benefit from them. I believe that cronyism is nothing more than welfare for the rich and powerful, and should be abolished."

But a deeply reported piece in the National Review, which included interviews with “numerous people close to the brothers, including a half-dozen sources with direct knowledge of developments inside their donor network and political operation,” finally puts this myth to rest....
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/05/16/3778764/koch-brothers-spill-beans/