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Friday, August 17, 2012

Jim Hightower: ''The Koch brothers' black liquor moonshine''

From Jim Hightower.com

''Question: If you mix a cocktail of "black liquor," biofuels, diesel, and a generous splash of tax subsidies – then have it shaken vigorously by Sen. Mike Crapo and served in a golden goblet by corporate lobbyists, what do you call it? Answer: Koch Brothers Moonshine.

Black liquor, a by-product of the paper-making process, is an alcoholic sludge that paper mills use to fuel their operations. Fine – creative, even. But then, the paper giants turned from creative to cabal, teaming with Sen. Crapo and other practitioners of the legislative black arts to turn their sludge into a slick tax loophole.''

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