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National Education Association to Double Members’ Dues Spent on Politics

Written By : Warner Todd Huston

Even as it tops the list of organizations spending money on political causes, the National Education Association (NEA) is planning to double the amount of its members’ dues spent on politics so that it can spend yet more on political campaigns — and all left-wing causes to boot.

Last year the NEA teachers union spent over $56 million on left-wing political causes but that is not enough according to union’s leadership. They want more. In 2010 the NEA took $10 from each member and spent that amount on its political activism. Going forward the NEA has announced that it will hike that amount to $20 per member.

The spending hike supposedly has a five-year sunset time limit on it, but as Mike Antonucci notes, the last time such a hike was proposed it also had a sunset provision but that provision was never implemented.

This raise in political spending comes at a time when the NEA has seen membership fall by some 54,000 members and found a $14 million shortfall in its general operating budget.

One wonders how members feel whose organization can’t even pay its bills but is doubling its spending on politics?

Anonymous

FOLLOW THE MONEY: The lunatic-left d-crat socialists have HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in campaign contributions on the line in the Wisconsin battle – of course they will do everything possible (including criminal actions) to keep the money flowing from taxpayers- to -public-sector union members- to -public-sector unions- to -d-crat socialists’ campaigns. This is the corrupt money trail that MUST BE STOPPED if America is to remain a real democracy.

Here’s a breakdown of what some of the top unions donated to the Democratic Party in the 2008 and 2010 election cycles:

* The AFL-CIO, whose president Richard Trumka is orchestrating much of the protests in Madison this week, donated $1.2 million to Democrats in 2008 and $900,000 in 2010.

* The American Federation of State, County and Municipal employees donated $2.6 million to the Democrats in 2008 and another $2.6 million in 2010.

* The National Education Association donated $2.3 million to Democrats in 2008 and $2.2 million in 2010.

* The Teamsters union donated $2.4 million to Democrats in 2008 and $2.3 million in 2010.

* The SEIU donated $2.6 million to Democrats in 2008 and $1.7 million in 2010.

* The Carpenters and Joiners union donated $2 million to Democrats in 2008 and $2.1 million 2010.

* The Laborers union donated $2.6 million to Democrats in 2008 and $2.2 million in 2010.

* The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers donated $3.8 million to Democrats in 2008 and $3.2 million in 2010.

* The American Federation of Teachers donated $2.8 million to Democrats in 2008 and $2.7 million in 2010.

* The Machinists and Aerospace union donated $2.5 million to Democrats in 2008 and $2.1 million in 2010.

* The Communication Workers of America, which includes employees from several television and radio stations and other publishing platforms, donated $2.2 million to Democrats in 2008 and $2.1 million in 2010.

* The United Autoworkers union (UAW) donated $2.1 million to Democrats in 2008 and $1.5 million in 2010.

* The United Food and Commercial Workers union (UFCW) donated $2.1 million to Democrats in 2008 and $1.9 million in 2010.

Most unions gave a negligible amount, if anything at all, to the Republican Party over the past two elections.

Although staggeringly large, these cash contributions represent ONLY A PORTION of the contributions that the unions make to elect lunatic-left d-crat socialists. The unions also fund the creation and broadcast of their own TV and radio ads in support of the d-crat socialists, they provide massive amounts of labor to help staff the d-crat socialist campaigns, they fund the creation and all costs associated with mass mailings in support of the d-crat socialists, and they fund and supply transportation and other help to the d-crat socialists during the voting process. It is a truly insidious and incestuous relationship that is very harmful and destructive to “free and open” elections that are supposed to be the cornerstone of American democracy.

Anonymous

Political donations by public unions ought to be outright illegal.

You can’t use federal funds to prop up one party over the other.

Well you can, obviously, but you shouldn’t.

Anonymous

One of the reasons I don’t buy American cars is just because of their unions and what they do with the dues money…support Kommiecrats and worthless workers.
Anonymous

Probably a stupid question but are Unions taxed on the money they bring in?
Anonymous

1: Any dues paying union member can request that their union provide him or her with an exemption from having to pay the portion of dues which goes towards political activity. The union has to honor such requests. That is the law.

2: Just like the Chamber of Commerce, Unions are non profit organizations which engage in member education, political lobbying, community support and various other activities. However, the salaries of Chamber of Commerce and Union officials/staff are taxed as ordinary income.

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