You hear a lot from Democrats these days, especially in this young election season, about those conservative villains, the Koch Brothers. But it’s a rare event indeed when you hear them speak of their own perennial ‘Sugar Daddy’, George Soros. And Soros is a man who has spent many times over the amount thus far spent by the infamous brothers of the right. And now, at least according to the Washington Post, we find out that the socialist billionaire’s Open Society Policy Center spent $11 million on lobbying in 2013. And yet, not a peep from any Democrats.
As it turns out, Soros’ hardcore leftwing organization more than tripled what it spent the previous year, which was $3.25 million, and the amount of cash that now flows from it on a regular basis, has soared since 2002, when it spent a mere $330,000. According to data from OpenSecrets.org, a nonpartisan research group that tracks money in politics. But I’m quite sure that guys like Chuckie Schumer aren’t the least bit bothered by this. And I’m even more sure that he hasn’t been ringing up his buds over at the IRS, demanding that they go after old George.
Now unlike other political groups that do their own lobbying, Soros’ Open Society Policy Center (OSPC) funds grants to organizations that the organization supports but that lobby on their own behalf. Its largest grant recipient is another little outfit on the left called the Alliance For Citizenship. It’s just one Soros front group that lobbies for "the broadest path to legalization with a path to citizenship", was the key reason for the vast jump in OSPC spending in 2013, according to Stephen Rickard, the guy who happens to be the center's executive director.
The current tax code prevents Soros' Open Society Foundations from lobbying, but its advocacy arm, the OSPC, is permitted to lobby as well and support other lobbying groups. Founded by Soros in 1979, the Open Society Foundations' stated goal is "to build vibrant and tolerant societies whose governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people." And while that may all sound quite innocent, and might even give everyone that warm and fuzzy feeling, it is in reality, anything but innocent. In fact, it’s a very sinister organization.
The 83-year old Soros has been a big supporter of all manner of liberal causes for years. And he has contributed very significant amounts of cash to leftist groups like MoveOn.org and he also operates in the shadows when it comes to another one of his other front groups, the innocuously named, Center for American Progress. He was a vocal opponent of President George W. Bush and told The Post in 2003 that removing Bush from office was "the central focus of my life." That statement alone should tell you all need to know about this leftist loon.
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