Monday, March 5, 2012

The Koch brothers are trying to seize control of the libertarian think tank Cato. - Slate Magazine

The Koch brothers are trying to seize control of the libertarian think tank Cato. - Slate Magazine:

On Friday afternoon, as the Washington offices of the Cato Institute were emptying out for the weekend, the libertarian think tank’s president sent an e-mail to all staff. The subject was the Koch brothers crisis.

“Catoites,” wrote Ed Crane, “You are all probably aware by now of the unfortunate development with Charles and David Koch. They are in the process of trying to take over the Cato Institute and, in my opinion, reduce it to a partisan adjunct to Americans for Prosperity, the activist GOP group they control.”

His fellow Catoites were waiting for this.