Greg Palast | Billionaires vs. Billionaires: How TrumpCare’s Defeat Was Actually a Victory for the Koch Brothers

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The Kochs don’t want ObamaCare, TrumpCare, nor any care at all for Americans that add to their tax bill. Call it KochDon’tCare.

David and Charles Koch. (photo: Getty)David and Charles Koch. (photo: Getty)   

 By Greg Palast  OpEd News   Reader Supported News  March 30, 2017

hen RyanCare-TrumpCare finally ended up face-down in the swimming pool, triumphalist Democrats whooped and partied and congratulated themselves on defeating the Trump-Ryan monstrosity.

But deep in their counting house, counting their gold, three brothers cackled with private jubilation.

David and Charles Koch knew the day was theirs.

Joining them in the celebration was Brother Billy, William Koch, who will share in their $21 billion windfall that the President arranged for them only hours before TrumpCare crashed–when Trump announced his State Department had formally approved the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Let’s start with that $21 billion.

The XL Keystone Pipeline would take the world’s heaviest, filthiest crude from Canada’s…

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