Posted on 01/22/2011 4:19:08 PM PST by blueyon
An Education Intelligence Agency analysis of NEA’s financial disclosure report for the 2009-10 fiscal year reveals the national union contributed more than $13 million to a wide variety of advocacy groups and charities. The total was about half the amount disbursed in the previous year, though more than in 2007-08.
The expenditures fall into broad categories of community outreach grants, charitable contributions, and payments for services rendered. In this list, EIA has deliberately omitted spending such as media buys, or payments to pollsters or consultants that have no obvious ideological component. The grants range from $2.125 million to a California ballot initiative campaign, down to smaller grants to organizations such as People for the American Way, Media Matters and Netroots Nation.
Here is an alphabetic list of the 130 recipients of NEA’s contributions, with relevant web links. All of these were paid for with members’ dues money (the union’s federal PAC is a separate entity funded through voluntary means):
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The NEA should not be getting money from taxpayers, period.
Which NEA? Is this the private organization called National Education Association or the government agency called National Endowment for the Arts?
The article says “national union” so I presume it is the leftist teacher’s association.
I assumed it is the National Education Assoc one as “An Education Intelligence Agency” was the one that did the analysis and the word “union” is mentioned.....
“An Education Intelligence Agency analysis of NEA’s financial disclosure report for the 2009-10 fiscal year reveals the national union contributed more than $13 million to a wide variety of advocacy groups and charities. The total was about half the amount disbursed in the previous year, though more than in 2007-08.”
I don't think we have it on our agenda to begin crushing private organizations out of existence ~ that's the stuff Obama and his running dog lackeys are into.
If it's the National Endowment for the Arts it's possible that those groups got money for the purpose of dealing with some item of art, or an art or entertainment group (a local band perhaps?).
There's not enough information here for me to know what I'm supposed to be angry about and I DON'T LIKE THAT.
National Education Association. The California initiative was to roll back tax breaks for business and NEA gave to advocate for increased taxes.
Which then has no Constitutional right to taxpayer funding. Cut them off completely. Now.
There's absolutely NO Constitutional authorization for that type of expenditure. None.
If you want to give to a private organization, get out your own damned checkbook.
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No wonder you're so militant about sucking endless cash from helpless taxpayers.
Hey do you think those poor, misunderstood FEC drones deserve their pensions? Or are they the exception to your "give us all your money" rule?
NEA takes 1300 bucks a year from the wifey who has been a reg Repub for over 25 years. They have it broken down into negotiating fee & a few other fees so as it not to look quite so foul. They claim they only use 15 bucks for their pacs and reimburse the wife. This fall, she showed me a letter they sent saying she had to fill out card and send back to get the 15 bucks nx year, crazy.
I read the NEA today mag she gets and go ballistic; it's truly bizarre.
Twenty years back I was on this big kick to get her to quit the union. I found out pretty quick how they come after a teacher that attempts to do this; something to avoid actually unless you want to end the teaching career.
Way too much politics from the ultra left & ultra right concerning education in America. We should be more concerned about improving education, rate teachers, rate parents, benchmark the kids; and then make changes.
Ok add to the list of DEFUNDING priorities.
EPA-EDU-NEA-Interior-etc etc
I paid for it myself.
Now, regarding your pension, I understand you robbed a bank and took a sack of marked bills with you.
Hahahahahahaha!
Somebody's gotta' get cheated so why not them.
The only answer is to totally end the EDU. send edu back to the state and local citizens. Not the politicians and lobbiest in D.C.
You know what the result was? They get paid pretty much the same as elsewhere ~ and they don't get fired at any higher rate than in other jurisdictions.
There's a kind of a market for teachers with various talents ~ and it works despite the best efforts of the unions.
Almost like they are totally irrelevant.
Guess they are!
My thought is that the internet is now robust enough that Virginia's teachers (if not the others) could probably make good use of a job exchange and move around to higher salaries or better environments.
First I’ve heard about this. Very good.
States should make this a priority, especially in wake of the bulging budgets.
bookmark.
You can’t imagine how many teachers in Alaska would rather have the state run education and would like to see the Fed Dept of ed dis-banded; along with so many other fed institutions.
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