The chief of the American Federation of Teachers, Randi Weingarten, has blasted the Koch brothers and the Walton family (of Walmart fame) for “the politicians they’ve bought” — even though her union spent four times the amount those folks did on political matters in 2014.
Specifically, a total of $45 million.
“The National Institute on Money in State Politics charted more than 13,000 political contributions by the AFT last year, more than double the number of those she calls out for rigging elections,” reports Education Watchdog.
From the article:
The National Education Association ranked third among all organizations contributing to federal political campaigns last year. It funneled more than $29 million to Democratic and liberal candidates. The AFT, the country’s second-largest teachers union, was seventh on the list. It handed out more than $19 million in left-leaning contributions, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Koch Industries ranked 14th. It spent $10.8 million spent on 2014 federal campaigns.
“Unions spend plenty. If the unions want to spend money, fine. But what really bugs me is that is all goes in one direction,” Sand said. “The NEA internal polling from 2005 showed that, across the country, more teachers are right-of-center than left-of center.”
While the NEA contributes 99 percent of its political spending on Democratic candidates, 100 percent of AFT’s contributions went toward liberal campaigns.
Weingarten has also criticized the high compensation of corporate CEOs, but her $375,000 salary is many times that of typical AFT and NEA members.
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