Hat tip to Clark Baker for this article that looks at where NEA money goes. Let’s look at a partial list of where the largest teachers union in the nation spends its money, and see how concerned about education they are, shall we?
But this year, once again, the NEA has spent member dues on all kinds of causes that have nothing to do with education – including a moratorium on capital punishment, a verifiable nuclear freeze and legislation to expand Native Hawaiian land ownership.
The union has also called for a study into reparations for slavery, a tax-supported, single-payer health care plan, and “stronger federal action in solving the problem of toxic-waste dumping.”
Moratorium on capital punishment. Education? Nope.
Verifiable nuclear freeze. Education? Nope.
Legislation to expand Native Hawaiian land ownership (by stealing land from others). Education? Nope.
Reparations for slavery. Education? Nope.
Socialist medicine. Education? Nope.
Solving the problem of toxic-waste dumping. Education? Well maybe, if they’re thinking of New York City. So I’ll give them that one.
Want to see some more?
Over the past year alone, the union has donated millions of dollars to partisan groups like Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the Human Rights Campaign and People for the American Way.
It has funneled tens of thousands of dollars to the Democratic Leadership Council, Grassroots Democrats, and Democratic Gain, and given nearly $100,000 to the polling firm of leading Democratic strategist Stan Greenberg.
See a pattern here? Is it coincidence that the NEA throws money at candidates and parties who support throwing more money at schools without any accountability?
