David Koch in Our Revolution

On Education: Government schools indoctrinate children

• "Government schools lead to the indoctrination of children."
• "Government ownership, operation, regulation, and subsidy of schools and college should be ended."
• "We condemn compulsory education laws and call for their immediate repeal."

On Government Reform: Abolish the despotic Federal Election Commission

Let us give credit where credit is due. The Koch brothers, through their legal front organizations and with the active support of the Republican Party, won the 5-4 Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case, which went a long way to implementing that Libertarian Party plank to repeal campaign finance laws.

But the Koch brothers are not through yet. They want to go further than Citizens United. They want to eliminate ALL restrictions on campaign spending, and that is precisely what their legal organizations are now working on.

On Health Care: No tax-supported health services, including Medicare

• "We favor the abolition of Medicare and Medicaid programs."
• "We oppose any compulsory health insurance or tax-supported plan to provide health services, including those which finance abortion services."
• "We oppose all government welfare, relief projects, and 'aid to the poor' programs."

On Principles & Values: OpEd: Millions spent shows the importance of politics

Frankly, this lack of political consciousness is exactly what the ruling class of this country wants. The Koch brothers spend hundreds of millions to elect candidates who represent the rich and the powerful. They understand the importance of politics. Meanwhile, people who work for low wages, have no health insurance, and live in inadequate housing don't see a connection between the reality of their lives and what government does or does not do. Showing people that connection is a very big part of what a progressive political movement has to do. How can we bring about real social change in this country if people in need are not involved in the political process? We need a political revolution. We need to get people involved. We need to get people voting.

On Principles & Values: OpEd:1980 Libertarian platform has become GOP standard

What is frightening is how much success they have had over the years in pushing some of these ideas into the political mainstream. Back in 1980, they were considered "fringe" and "crazy" proposals, and Koch's Libertarian Party received almost no support. Today the views of the Koch brothers are the dominant ideology in the Republican Party, and candidates all over the country publicly defend them.