Big Education Political Contributions Dwarf Marcellus Spending

The far-left (and partisan) Common Cause PA, along with the co-opted-by-the-left Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania, issued a "report" in November that claims the Marcellus drilling industry has spent upwards of $49 million on lobbying and political contributions in the Keystone State since 2007 ($8 in contributions to political campaigns, $41 spent on so-called "lobbying"). What these two partisan groups don't tell you is that Big Education and Big Government (teacher and government employee unions) spent $71 million on campaign contributions and lobbying over the same period of time--much of it money paid by taxpayers. Convenient how they leave that little fact out, isn't it?...

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