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* '''BW''' - The candidates you support are because of their fiscal policies most importantly. | * '''BW''' - The candidates you support are because of their fiscal policies most importantly. | ||
* '''DK''' - That's exactly right, Barbara. I'm really focused intensely on economic and fiscal issues, because if those go bad, the country as a whole suffers terribly. | * '''DK''' - That's exactly right, Barbara. I'm really focused intensely on economic and fiscal issues, because if those go bad, the country as a whole suffers terribly. | ||
==Personal== | |||
* From Wichita, Kansas. | |||
* Attended MIT, where he received a Bachelors and Masters in Chemical Engineering. | |||
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Revision as of 00:49, 26 August 2019
| David Koch | |
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| Candidate Vice-President with Edward Clark | |
| 1980— | |
| Personal Details | |
| Birth: | 3 May 1940 |
| Death: | 23 August 2019 |
| Party: | Libertarian Party Republican Party |
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David Koch (1940-2019), was a member of the wealthy Koch family. In 1980, he pledged $500,000 of his personal funds to the Libertarian campaign, and won selection as the vice presidential running mate of Edward Clark. The ticket received over 900,000 votes nationwide, and 1% of the popular vote. In 2018, the national LP published a tribute article David Koch, we owe you. Signed, Liberty.
Libertarian Views
Though Koch left the Libertarian Party to support Republican candidates, he always identified as a libertarian. During a 2014 interview with Barbara Walters[1] the following discussion ensued:
- BW - Describe your political point of view.
- DK - I'm basically a libertarian and I'm a conservative on economic matters and I'm a social liberal.
- BW - You support gay rights, you support a women's right to choose, but conservative candidates you support, many of them, do not have those views.
- DK - Well, that's their problem. I do have those views. What I want these candidates to do is to support a balanced budget. I'm very worried if the budget isn't balanced inflation could occur and the economy of our country can suffer terribly.
- BW - The candidates you support are because of their fiscal policies most importantly.
- DK - That's exactly right, Barbara. I'm really focused intensely on economic and fiscal issues, because if those go bad, the country as a whole suffers terribly.
Personal
- From Wichita, Kansas.
- Attended MIT, where he received a Bachelors and Masters in Chemical Engineering.
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| Preceded by: David Bergland |
Libertarian Party Vice Presidential candidate 1980 |
Succeeded by: Jim Lewis |