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Many businesses with unpopular products or inefficient production find it much easier to curry the favor of a few influential politicians or a government agency than to compete in the open market.
Charles Koch
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Charles Koch
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: November 1
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Charles G. Koch
Charles de Ganahl Koch
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I like to think that I try to learn something every day - and change my views, modify my views as I learn.
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That's the first rule for anybody who controls - do no harm.
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We try to evaluate how much value an employee is creating here and reward them accordingly.
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All of our policies are based on whether it will make - enable people to improve their lives or it will make their lives worse.
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Why I've never been that fond of politics and only got into it recently kicking and screaming, because I don't think politicians are going to reverse the trajectory of this country. I think it's going to depend on the American people understanding what is fair and what makes their lives better.
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Most power is power to coerce somebody. We don't have the power to coerce anybody.
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In America, the first thing we have to get rid of is entitlements for the wealthy, and at the same time, open up the economy to the disadvantaged.
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We oppose all corporate welfare, whether we benefit or not. You will find that our policy positions mainly hurt our profitability rather than help it.
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You can pay certain people more money and stuff but that's just going to be a transfer from one group to another. The only way people's wages are going to rise overall, or average median income is going to rise, is if you increase productivity.
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I don't have all the answers. I have a lot of questions. And I have some basic principles.
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