REPORT: Dow Chemical Funneled $2M Into Michigan “Right-to-Work” Fight
Source: We Party Patriots
The release of a new investigation by The Center for Public Integrity shows that the flow of corporate cash to politicians is not as direct as predicted following 2010’s Citizens United vs. FEC decision. Onlookers believed corporations would simply bankroll candidates but they have instead at times used loopholes in the legal system to ship their money to “social welfare nonprofits” to remain behind the veil of heavy-handed political manipulation.
The report, “Dark Money INC.,” researched the filings of the top 300 companies in America and found that $185 million was funneled to causes through politically active groups (including the Chamber of Commerce and Fix the Debt) in the span of nearly a year. In taking advantage of the tax code’s classification of 501(c)(4) and 501(c)(6) organizations, corporations do not have to publicly disclose their expenditures to political causes, allowing them a certain level of anonymity as they use money to change the law in their favor.
A figure which has drawn immediate attention is the $2 million Dow Chemical poured in Michigan’s “Right-to-Work” initiative. The Detroit Free Press explains:
Dow, according to the report, revealed in filings posted on its corporate website that it gave $2 million to the Michigan Alliance for Business Growth and $611,700 to the Michigan Chamber of Commerce in 2012. Those groups, in turn, were identified as the two top underwriters of the opposition to Proposal 2.
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using corp. tax breaks. 