From Paychecks to Slush Fund: How Teachers’ Unions Moved $1B Into Democrat Politics

By Ben Smith 

The receipts are in. If you are a teacher who has ever written a dues check and assumed it was going toward better pay, stronger benefits, or a decent contract, read carefully. A new report from Defending Education has blown the lid off one of the most brazen political money machines in American history, and your money is in it.

Since August 2015, the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) have funneled a combined $669,324,912.33 in member dues and PAC funds into left-wing political entities, far-left nonprofits, and Democratic campaigns. Fold in state and local affiliates, and the total surpasses $1 billion.

Rhyen Staley of Defending Education put it plainly:

“Show me your budget and I will show you what you value; and what the teachers unions value is political power and advancing a left-wing, social justice agenda…

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE…  (redstate.com)

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