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Tag: public employee unions

Tracking Political Spending by Government Unions

November 8, 2022   5:55 amNovember 8, 2022   6:08 am
With a rough top-down analysis, it’s easy enough to estimate how much government unions collect and spend every year in California. They have roughly a million members, paying roughly $1,000 per year in dues. That would be one billion dollars per year....
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School Choice Initiative Quietly Gathers Support

January 27, 2021   2:15 amJanuary 26, 2021   3:27 pm
In the November 2020 election, California’s powerful teachers’ unions spent over $20 million promoting Prop. 15, which would have increased taxes on commercial properties. Other unions, mostly in the public sector, spent another $17 million to promote Prop. 15. But voters...
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Ban Police Union Money in Politics, or Ban ALL Public Union Money in Politics?

June 9, 2020   2:27 amJune 8, 2020   5:52 pm
“Before we give someone a gun, uniform, badge and the power to put handcuffs on someone’s wrist, we need make sure they are the best and the brightest…police unions are making it impossible.” – Chesa Boudin, San Francisco District Attorney, on...
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Separating Good Bailouts from Bad Bailouts

May 13, 2020   2:07 amMay 13, 2020   2:35 pm
If a Republican controlled U.S. Senate and a Republican occupying the White House cannot use this opportunity to demand reforms from financially mismanaged states controlled by Democrats, then they never will.   The pandemic shutdown is about to enter its...
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