"David Koch breaks from GOP on gay marriage, taxes, defense cuts"
From Politico:
Billionaire industrialist David Koch, who is helping steer millions
of dollars to elect Mitt Romney and congressional Republicans, on
Thursday told POLITICO he disagrees with the GOP’s stance on gay
marriage and believes the U.S. needs to consider raising taxes to
balance the budget.
Koch, who is serving as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from New York,
spoke to POLITICO after delivering brief remarks at a reception held in
his honor him by Americans for Prosperity, the political advocacy group
he chairs and has helped fund.
The 1980 vice presidential nominee for the socially
liberal – but fiscally conservative – Libertarian Party, Koch told
POLITICO “I believe in gay marriage” when asked about the GOP’s stance
on gay rights.
Romney opposes gay marriage, as do most Republicans, and when that
was pointed out to Koch, he said “Well, I disagree with that.”
Koch said he thinks the U.S. military should withdraw from the Middle
East and said the government should consider defense spending cuts, as
well as possible tax increases to get its fiscal house in order – a
stance anathema to many in the Republican Party....MORE
