Tax documents obtained exclusively by National Journal confirm that conservative billionaire David Koch, along with a handful of major corporations, provided the seed money a decade ago to start the foundation behind Americans for Prosperity, a conservative group that played a key role in helping to organize the tea-party movement into a potent political force.
A small group of billionaires are responsible for helping to fund the so-called political movement called the tea-party to fruition. A movement that has managed to convince a small but vocal group of simpletons to actively campaign against their own self interests.