The Resentful World of the Religious Right

All this was facilitated by the religious right forming close tactical alliances with the forces of Mammon. Though tracking financial support for religious right organizations can be tricky post–Citizens United, Wilson notes, she nevertheless chronicles how many of the United States’ wealthiest conservative families have lavished the religious right with money…. What Wilson calls the Koch brothers’ “Kochtopus” has extended its arms into PACs and congregations small and large. According to “tax records, in 2008, the family gave to thirty-four political and policy organizations, most of which they founded or direct.” Between 1998 and 2007, the “family gave over $262 million for lobbying, direct campaign contributions, and support for PACs.”