Reshared post from +Jim Fawcette

Are Koch Brothers Hedging Government Default?

Here's a question I'd like to see the media investigate: Are the billionaire Koch Brothers that fund the Tea Party betting on derivatives that will soar if the U.S. government defaults on its debt? 

It's a fair question to ask: Where are the rich backers of the Tea Party putting their money? We know many of us will lose if the U.S. defaults, but who stands to gain? What are those connected with Freedomworks and Americans for Prosperity, such as Tobacco and Oil industry executives, and ex-FW-CEO Dick Armey, betting on financially? 

Image from Business Week:
http://www.bloomberg.com/image/ip6MtHhMWMnw.jpg 

Speaker John Boehner should grow a pair and say too hell with the radicals in his own caucus that are holding the entire government hostage and just hold a vote on a clean debt ceiling and continuing resolution bill.