Charles Koch, longtime conservative activist is at the center of the
teabagger movement. This article from the New Yorker details the Koch
family efforts to deny climate change, push for corporate tax cuts,
keep formaldehyde from being listed as a carcinogen, derail Obama's
agenda and fund the teaparty movement in the US.

They're in the oil business (of course) and a lot of others. Their
views are libertarian gone awry, no longer promoting personal
freedoms, they now foster corporate greed.

Excellent read on those funding the teabagger movement...

Little people have been duped into thinking they're fighting a
government takeover of their lives. Doing the bidding of
billionaires. What a surprise...

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...?currentPage=1