Charles and David Koch, the oil industry tycoons, have thrown their financial weight behind the right-wing Tea Party extremists who forced the government to close. In Senate speeches, Bernie tied the shutdown to the Kochs and other billionaires bankrolling the attempt to undo the Affordable Care Act. The New York Times echoed Bernie's point in a Sunday exposé on how the Koch brothers "have been deeply involved with financing the overall effort." But defunding the health care law is just the beginning. They also support a right-wing extremist agenda to undo virtually every major piece of legislation passed in the last 80 years to protect the middle class, the elderly, the sick, and the poor.