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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who didn’t know that PAVE has deep pocket supporters? How else could they have paid for their conferences, staff and swag?

Didn’t Walton Foundation also give start up funding to DCI and other charters? Their money is all over the city. It is what the grantees do with the money, not who gives. [/quote]

Disagree.  There are a lot of conservative billionaires and foundations that tie their donations to their political ends.  And their political ends are usually their own, not helping poor kids, despite what they might say (put another way: coincidentally, the causes the Koches claim to care deeply about also happen to help them make more money.)

Not all foundations and nonprofits are like this - Gates, Soros, Buffett, Clinton Foundation (don’t @ me, conservatives— they’ve done great public health work to benefit societies) are very visible.  But the majority of billionaires spend money on their own conservative interests.  That includes the Walton Family Foundations.  And yes, charter schools help conservatives achieve their political ends (see eg the speech DeVos’s husband gave at heritage.)

Long story short: the source of the money may well matter, but not always.[/quote]

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