The Money Trail Follow the money: Who's paying to defeat California's Prop. 23
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October 22 2010
Bill Gate's villa, er, house.
According to maplight.org, below are the top contributors opposing California's Prop. 23, which would suspend the economically catastrophic Global Warming legislation. Most of the donations are coming from some of the biggest environmental hypocrites in Hollywood and Silicon Valley.
The list is a Who's Who of individuals and organizations who think nothing of owning power-sucking multi-million dollar homes, driving Hummers, flying private jets, all-the-while wagging their green fingers at the rest of us. The very people who can least afford this legislation that even proponents say will do nothing to lessen Global Warming.
Because of these multi-million dollar contributions, they are outspending the Yes on 23 campaign by more than 3 to 1 in terms of donations. In fact, the advertisements for No on 23 are literally running 24/7 and causing widespread misinformation among Californian voters. Previously, polls had shown prop. 23 easily passing. Now it appears voters, scared into complacency, will defeat Prop. 23. This means substantially higher energy prices for all Californian residents with marginal to no effects on Global Warming.
No wonder the power companies are supporting prop. 23's defeat. They inherit a cash windfall at the consumer's expense (green energy COSTS more), get Federal money to develop so-called "green" energy, and write off any expenditures via generous tax credits.
Herewith, our list of eco-hypocrites who are more than happy to spend your money and kill any jobs but their own:
| Thomas Steyer | — | $5,049,000 |
| National Wildlife Foundation | — | $3,000,000 |
| L. John & Ann Doerr | — | $2,000,000 |
| Sierra Club | — | $1,260,890 |
| The League of Conservation Voters | — | $1,250,000 |
| Vinod Khosla | — | $1,037,267 |
| Gordon Moore | — | $1,000,000 |
| James Cameron | — | $1,000,000 |
| Robert J. Fisher | — | $1,000,000 |
| ClimateWorks Foundation | — | $900,000 |
| The Nature Conservancy | — | $800,000 |
| Bill Gates | — | $700,000 |
| Claire Perry | — | $500,000 |
| Green Tech Action Fund | — | $500,000 |
| John P. Morgridge | — | $500,000 |
| Julian H. Robertson Jr. | — | $500,000 |
| Wendy Schmidt | — | $500,000 |
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I am sure their own children really appreciate the legacy they are leaving humanity. Kind of like a drug addict mother or father teaching their innocent child how to kill themselves.
Yes on 23...Yes on 23...Yes on 23...
www.killcarb.org/index.html
Bill Gates used to be one of my heroes; not anymore. Don't worry you're still ahead of Arnold.
A(larmism) G(one) W(ild)
Let California's greenrot be a lesson to the world.
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