$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

$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...