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The 158 Families Funding the 2016 Presidential Election
- xname2 11y agoThis is bullsht. How about teachers' unions, the worst poison in U.S. education, contribute millions and millions of dollars to the democrats every year. Sure, it's not a "family". But teachers' unions collect money from public teachers, who get paid by tax payers. How can they contribute to political party? When will leftists start to talk about this? http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=l1300 http://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?ind=l1300 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG8w9PcA-ig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mG8w9PcA-ig
- mhuffman 11y ago$20 million is a lot of money. There are 3.1 million teachers in the US [1], so about $7 a piece go toward lobbying per year. David Koch alone in this election cycle, " ... hopes to spend up to $300 million on candidates and another $600 million on efforts to reduce regulations and reform the criminal justice system." [2] So I mean ... [1] http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=372 http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=372 [2] http://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2015/09/30/the-biggest-most-influential-political-donors-on-the-2015-forbes-400/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2015/09/30/the-bigg...