Part Two - Lobbying exenditures by Wisconsin Teachers' Union WEAC, in-state efforts.
Add $7,000,000++++ to the mix.
Posted on 02/26/2011 8:23:05 AM PST by sbMKE
WEAC PAC Spending - Consistently #1 in all elections - far surpassing all other PACs combined ($11,449,803 since 2000 - All on Democrat candidates.).
2010 Wisconsin Election Cycle - Total Spending: $1,599,094.00
http://www.wisdc.org/index.php?module=wisdc.websiteforms&cmd=pacspending&year=2010&pac=500189
2009 Spring Elections - Spent: $564,993 In the 2009 race for state school superintendent, WEAC supported candidate Tony Evers over Rose Fernandez, Lowell Holtz, Van Mobley and Todd Price. On March 24 WEAC also reported spending nearly $16,000 on brochures and mailings to support Evers and to oppose Fernandez. http://www.wisdc.org/ind09pacs.php
2008 Fall Elections - Total Spending: $2,099,984 Direct PAC contributions to 2008 candidates 2007-2008: $39,531 Minimum conduit contributions to 2008 candidates 2007-2008: $98,107 http://www.wisdc.org/ind08pacs.php#i500189
2008 Supreme Court Justice election - Spent: $349,325 http://www.wisdc.org/hijackjustice08indexp.php
2006 Wisconsin elections - Total Spending: $1,993,438 WEAC has two conduits (United Staff Union and Children's School Fund) through which it contributed over $142,000 to candidates in the 2005-2006 election cycle. Direct PAC contributions to 2006 candidates 2005-2006: $58,389 http://www.wisdc.org/ind06pacs.php#i500189
2004 Wisconsin Elections - Total Spending: $1,882,427.56 Direct PAC Contributions to 2004 Legislative Candidates: $38,939 http://www.wisdc.org/ind04pacs.php
2002 Wisconsin Elections - Total Spending:$1,396,273 Direct PAC Contributions to Candidates 2001-02: $112,100 http://www.wisdc.org/ind02interests.php#weac
2000 Wisconsin Elections Spending: $1,051,369 Groups affiliated with WEAC that supported candidates through independent expenditures are: Coulee Region United Educators ($1,431); Eau Claire Association of Educators ($829); South West Education Association ($1,546); Winnebagoland Uniserv - the 14th highest independent spender - ($3,156) and La Crosse Education Association ($871). These sums are not included in WEAC’s total. http://www.wisdc.org/hijackinterests.php
I will follow up later with a report on lobbying spending by WEAC and it's owned and collectively-bargained-for health insurance company, WEA Trust.
Rough math puts lobbying spending by the teachers' union at roughly $20,000,000 to $25,000,000 during the past decade in Wisconsin.
From there, I will look at DC spending via lobbyists and purchased and owned Senator Russ Feingold.
I wonder if other teachers unions spend a like amount for electioning democrats? Very interesting. What about money spend ON THE CHILDREN???
That and much more in other states.
This point is the weakest point in the democrat lineup.. and they will do anything, everything to protect it..
Its the easiest boondoggle to highlight and the hardest to protect..
ALL republican candidates need to hit this "MOLE" like it had bubonic plague..
Any smart democrat will be rushing like in a Chinese Fire Drill to answer any charges..
"IT IS THE WEAK LINK, THE MOST TEMPTING BAIT, THE DEMOCRAT RAT POISON"..
It would be a limit to free speech but I almost feel like unions should not be able to contribute to politicians.
But then, perhaps only individuals should be allowed to contribute but contribute as much as they want. And all contributions should be fully and very publicly disclosed.
Almost 700 million went to Unions. How much of that do you think ended up back in DemocRAT campaign funds?
This is the type of thing that should be on FoxNews or CNN etc as “breaking News”...
instead not a peep...
Thanks for posting this. I’ve gotten in several heated debates online and just keep bombarding them with facts. I’m in a “pile on” kind of mood and this will only help.
In addition to the state education unions, the NEA spends a tidy sum as well.
“It would be a limit to free speech but I almost feel like unions should not be able to contribute to politicians.”
Not as long as union membership is MANDATORY!
Rush says it’s the biggest money laundering scheme in history.
When I first learned physycs in jr. high our science teacher admonished us young skulls full of mush of the first rule, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FREE LUNCH! If only the science teachers among the Madison mob would instill this fact of life into their colleagues.
Part Two - Lobbying exenditures by Wisconsin Teachers' Union WEAC, in-state efforts.
Add $7,000,000++++ to the mix.
Sickening. Pathetic. These thugs are without a conscience. The NEA and its members are psychopaths. These unionistas have no love of America. They hate personal accountability. They aren’t “professionals”. They are pimps to their labor bosses and to their own self-centered lust for money. Constantly they use “the children” as their pawns for unquestioned further funding of their exorbitant salaries, benefits and pensions. They hate America. They hate hard work. They hate you. I think the fat-slob african-American teacher who beat up the 70+ year old caucasian couple in a mall and was dragged off them by the elementary students (an earlier post today) personifies all of them. THUGS!
They probably spend even more protecting immoral and/or incompetent teachers from being fired.
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