Why is the last Koch bro still in Russia
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Koch's father worked hard to build oil refineries in the USSR, and Nazi Germany before the war. He continued to work for Nazi Germany up until Nazi Germany declared war on the USA. He also destroyed as much of their records hours before Nazi Germany declared war on the USA. I still think he should have been executed for that, because it was obvious that Germany was going to declare war on the USA.
PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello evince,
My guess it is because it is not so easy to shut down oil operations as it is to shut down a McDonald's retail restaurant. It involves laying off a bunch of people. Once that is done it is not so easy to just crank back up again. Once you lay them off, they go get jobs elsewhere and are no longer available when you are ready to crank back up again.
And the whole operation is probably financed with investor money. Those payments can't just stop because the politics demands. If the oil is not flowing, and the money is not coming in, then missing the payments could put Koch into default. Money would have to get pulled out of something else. Being the big tycoon, it is unlikely the amount of money required to make the investor payments is simply laying around in a checking account. So then, what other operation should get shut down to satisfy the oil business investors? And who are those investors? Is it 401K money from American workers? That has to remain secure.
Just guessing, but it could be pretty complicated.
It would only seem logical that there is also a lot of physical equipment involved. Expensive equipment. Who owns it? If Koch wants to pull out of Russia, how does that equipment get removed? It has to be torn down and dismantled from whatever application it is attached to, then it has to be broken down into shippable size pieces. It has to be loaded onto a ship and sailed across an ocean. Who is going to do that work if Russia does not cooperate? Who paid for the physical equipment? Are their investors involved with that? And on and on.
I'm sure the structure of these deals is complicated.
It's easy to hate. It's more difficult to understand.
My guess it is because it is not so easy to shut down oil operations as it is to shut down a McDonald's retail restaurant. It involves laying off a bunch of people. Once that is done it is not so easy to just crank back up again. Once you lay them off, they go get jobs elsewhere and are no longer available when you are ready to crank back up again.
And the whole operation is probably financed with investor money. Those payments can't just stop because the politics demands. If the oil is not flowing, and the money is not coming in, then missing the payments could put Koch into default. Money would have to get pulled out of something else. Being the big tycoon, it is unlikely the amount of money required to make the investor payments is simply laying around in a checking account. So then, what other operation should get shut down to satisfy the oil business investors? And who are those investors? Is it 401K money from American workers? That has to remain secure.
Just guessing, but it could be pretty complicated.
It would only seem logical that there is also a lot of physical equipment involved. Expensive equipment. Who owns it? If Koch wants to pull out of Russia, how does that equipment get removed? It has to be torn down and dismantled from whatever application it is attached to, then it has to be broken down into shippable size pieces. It has to be loaded onto a ship and sailed across an ocean. Who is going to do that work if Russia does not cooperate? Who paid for the physical equipment? Are their investors involved with that? And on and on.
I'm sure the structure of these deals is complicated.
It's easy to hate. It's more difficult to understand.
I'd like to know if there was ever a time that democracy and human rights were a major priority for reactionary conservatives
evince
Truthmatters
He’s not in oil in Russia
That belongs to Putin appointed oligarchs
He’s in glass manufacturing
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.va...2/03/charles-koch-keeping-business-russia/amp
PoliTalker
Diversity Makes Greatness
Hello evince,
Can't bring himself to do anything which would negatively impact profits.
Innocent lives are of no concern.
Can't bring himself to do anything which would negatively impact profits.
Innocent lives are of no concern.
I read a story by a guy who was driving oil trucks for the Kochs. They were taking oil off Indian land. They were cheating them out of about 10 percent. One driver asked Koch why they were doing it. He answered, " I want what is mine". If he can steal it, it belongs to him. There is a lot of Trump in that attitude.
You mean like JFK the boot leggers boy?
By reading your posts it would seem you dont either. It has become VERY apparent that you HATE the personal freedom that comes along with living in a democratic republic. Why do you HATE Democratic republics and Democracy in general?
Wait a minute Evince. Just to use your own logic.........If you hate personal freedom, like when Koch decides to leave Russia , then that means you also hate democracy,.....and if you hate democracy then that means you are attacking the nation!!!! Should the FBI be looking into you? Maybe they already are? Look out your window......Do you see a couple guys hiding behind shrubs with flowers taped to their heads eating 7-11 pizza and donuts looking at you with a pair of binoculars?
No, he meant Bush. The Kennedy money did seem to generate from bootlegging. Prescott Bush was moving money, steel and other resources around the globe before and during WW2. He was thought to have made a fortune from the Nazis. The Bush family is nearing a trillion in wealth.