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Carter: Tea Party backed by anti-green ‘oligarchs’
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10/26/10 08:23 AM ET
Former President Jimmy Carter is attacking links between the Tea Party and wealthy backers whom he alleges are bent on helping the oil industry avoid paying its share of taxes.
“The Tea Party movement has been ... almost completely financed by hard-right oligarchs who want to prevent the oil companies and major corporations from having to pay their share of taxes or to comply with environmental laws,” Carter said Monday on the MSNBC show "Hardball."
Carter didn’t name names. But liberal groups often highlight ties between the Tea Party movement and groups including Americans for Prosperity, which is backed by billionaire David Koch of the energy company Koch Industries.
