Tea Party is Corporate Funded by Koch Bros.

The rhetoric and hyperbole that many hear regarding the goals of foundations of the Tea Party might lead one to believe that the Tea Party is a representative, “grass roots” funded organization. However, when you pull the curtain away from the hyperbole and truly examine the facts regarding the Tea Party, the only conclusion that is available is that the Tea Party is merely an organization that is funded and organized by right wing political groups.

The Tea Party, since it’s inception, has been organized by Americans for Prosperity. According to the New Yorker, August 30, 2010 ““Americans for Prosperity has worked closely with the Tea Party since the movement’s inception. In the weeks before the first Tax Day protests, in April, 2009, Americans for Prosperity hosted a Web site offering supporters “Tea Party Talking Points.” The Arizona branch urged people to send tea bags to Obama; the Missouri branch urged members to sign up for “Taxpayer Tea Party Registration” and provided directions to nine protests. The group continues to stoke the rebellion. The North Carolina branch recently launched a “Tea Party Finder” Web site, advertised as “a hub for all the Tea Parties in North Carolina.” Clearly the idea that the Tea Party protests and organizations have been an organic eruption is false, as they have been trained, organized and funded nationwide by Americans for Prosperity since its inception.

Americans for Prosperity is a political group that is funded almost entirely by Koch Industries run by two billionaire Koch brothers. According to Alec Exposed “Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is a group fronting special interests started by oil billionaire David Koch and Richard Fink (a member of the board of directors of Koch Industries). AFP has been accused of funding astroturf operations but also has been fueling the "Tea Party" efforts” Additionally, acccording to US News and World Report the “founding funders” of the Tea Party is in fact the Koch Brothers, billionaires in the Oil industry. “But it has now come out how involved they have been in funding Tea Party groups, Americans for Prosperity, FreedomWorks, and Citizens for a Sound Economy ($12 million).”

When the man behind the curtain of the Tea Party is exposed, it is evident that the controlling wizard is Koch Brothers industries. The Tea Party is a group that has been bought and paid for by this wizard which negates the rhetoric that they are a “grass-roots” and “organic” organization.

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/Peter-Fenn/2011/02/02/tea-party-funding-koch-brothers-emerge-from-anonymity
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Americans_for_Prosperity
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=2