Charles Koch: ‘I Would Love To Have the Government Stop This Corporate Welfare’

SCARBOROUGH: "What would you say to your critics that would say that you are just like any crony capitalist, you give money and say you expect something in return. Donald Trump said I give people money and they’ll do what I want them to do." 
KOCH: "I expect something in return. I would love to have the government stop this corporate welfare. That’s what I want. I want the government to let companies or require that companies only profit by helping make other people’s lives better. That’s what I want and that’s what I’m working for." 
BRZEZINSKI: "So it’s well and good that you want to stop corporate welfare. I certainly wouldn’t argue that. But aren’t you still getting caught up in the same cycle of buying influence?" 
KOCH: "No. Well, so far we have lot of failures at it as you can tell." 
BRZEZINSKI: "But you understand —" 
KOCH: "But, see, the perspective is all wrong because we’re trying to raise $250 million to fight all this stuff. There’s hundreds of billions being spent to advance it because you look at all the money going out in these districts that then come back to the congress people, get them votes, and build more power, and the whole system is wanting to re-elect incumbents. And so somebody’s got to fight it. Do you see a lot of other large companies fighting this? We’re about it. If we didn’t do it, who would be trying to stop this racket? This is a huge racket that's wrecking the country."