Tuesday, February 2, 2010

SEIU funds new Anti-Tea Party Website


It has just come to my attention that there is a new website out there called:

The Tea Party Is Over (Click for website)

Here is a quote from the front page:
Our Strategy is simple. This movement is a fad. Some of their ideas include the belief that programs like Social Security and Medicare are socialistic and should never have been created in the first place and that President Obama is a Socialist. Other ideas include undermining the legitimacy of the federal government in favor of a radical rightwing form of state’s rights. We need to prevent their dangerous ideas from gaining a legislative foothold. So our strategy is to spread the truth about their dangerous ideas and prevent their policies from taking root in America.

Now I have no problem with the left having their little website, it's the group that is funding it that I have a problem with!
The site is paid for by The American Public Policy Committee. According to Open Secrets dot org, their two donors are Patriot Majority and Patriot Majority West.
However, the second largest contributor in 2008 to Patriot Majority was the SEIU and other powerful unions. I have outlined the donations below:

American Public Policy Committee: Top Contributors, 2010 Cycle Rank Contributor Total
1 Patriot Majority West $25,000

2 Patriot Majority $5,000


This data is based on records released by the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday, January 19, 2010.


Patriot Majority: Top Contributors, 2008 Cycle
Rank Contributor Total

1 American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees $5,800,000

2 Service Employees International Union $770,000

3 Change to Win $500,000
4 Patriot Majority West $300,000
4 Communications Workers of America $300,000

6 Teamsters Union $250,000

7 Patriot Majority Midwest $161,000

8 United Food & Commercial Workers Union $125,000

9 Bauman Foundation $25,000

10 American Affordable Health Care $11,874

11 Oklahoma Freedom Fund $10,469

12 Pennsylvania AFL-CIO $6,500

13 Bluegrass Freedom Fund $5,000

14 Public Security Now $920

15 American Public Policy Cmte $861


This data is based on records released by the Internal Revenue Service on Tuesday, January 19, 2010.

I wonder if the diversion of union money is acceptable to the union members or heck, if the members even know about it?

Want to really have some fun? Click on the link above for the website and flood them with emails, tweets and Facebook postings reminding them of Massachusetts and the upcoming November elections! The email addresses, twitter account and Facebook pages are all available for anyone to join. This is Democracy in action my friends!

3 comments:

psychobob said...

Nice (and by nice I mean horrible).
"Some of their ideas include the belief that programs like Social Security and Medicare are socialistic..."
They are."
"...and should never have been created in the first place..."
Probably true.
"...and that President Obama is a Socialist."
He is.
Next issue?

The Blunt Matt said...

I think saying that SEIU is funding this is a bit of a stretch, but I understand the link. Extremism on either end is a bit scary and I think they have an absolute right to donate to whomever they choose. Why do you care where SEIU money goes?

We have a lot of institutions in this country that are socialistic. Where would you like to draw the line?

pors said...

AFSCME, in particular, has a political arm that is funded by VOLUNTARY contributions of its members. You have a problem with that?