Koch Brothers
Tea Party ties to Koch Brothers ignored in IRS Scandal
In the coverage of this story, now a scandal, there are a couple of important facts that some of the reporting has missed. First is the fact that the tea party is a creation of enterprising political and public relations professionals, constructed to accomplish a political purpose. A study published in the Tobacco Control Journal actually traced the origins of the tea party to "free-market" groups founded by tobacco corporations and the oil industry billionaires David and Charles Koch.