Koch Industries, multi-pronged political strategy

What made the Koch family's growing financial role in American politics extraordinary was not just its willingness to flout the rules but also the way that in accordance with Fink's plan it merged all forms of political spending -- campaign, lobbying, and philathropic -- into one investment aimed at paying huge future dividends to the donors. ... the Koch's operation was "unprecedented in size, scope, and funding" and also in the way that it was "mutually reinforcing to the direct financial and political interests" of Koch Industries. (177)