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Podcast: Townhall Review | Commentaries
Episode: Carol Platt Liebau: The Real Purpose of Our Government Unions- Elect Democrats
Description: No wonder Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers and other big government union leaders wield so much power in Washington. According to a new report by the Commonwealth Foundation, the four largest government unions dumped more than $700 million dollars into Democratic causes and campaigns — in just the last election cycle. The contributions from these government union political action committees—or PACs—made up about 40 percent of political spending. And that spending was anything but even-handed. In the 2021-22 election cycle, more than 99 percent of their federal PAC and 95 percent of state PAC contributions went to Democr...