By: Diane Benjamin
The Illinois People’s Action website only shows two staff – Don Carlson and Dawn Dannenbring: http://www.illinoispeoplesaction.org/our-staff.html
They are married to each other.
IPA members are not afraid to call themselves Democratic Socialists. Socialism has never worked anywhere, here is the proof it doesn’t even work for the locals:
That is a screen shot of Illinois People’s Action 2018 tax return. They received $176,706 from their like minded socialist buddies and churches.
$154,416 went to salaries
Is that for just the 2 staff people? That is how socialism always fails, the people at the top suck up all the money and never help the “little people”. Eventually the “little people” wise up.
See the entire tax return here: 2018 IPA tax return
I don’t see spending to help anybody. They did have $180,105 sitting in a bank at the end of the year. Maybe that’s a retirement account. Maybe members should ask – especially those contributing.
They want to come to Americas to escape,,,socialism!
Nice job if you can get it. Looks like they only spent on themselves. Perfect example of socialism.
If you look at most budgets in government, seventy five to eighty percent is spent on salaries. Usually the department heads and executive directors make what two or three people combined make. And these people moan and groan about what private sector presidents, CEOs and department heads make in the private sector where a useful product or service is actually the result. Most of the government will save us types do not have even a remedial understanding of economics.
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others” said the pigs in charge of Orwells’s ‘Animal Farm”
Damn good point Diane!
I thought Jenn worked for them too. What’s up with that?
She works out of Chicago
That line item includes employee benefits. I would presume a good chunk of that goes towards paying for health insurance for the employees.
The point is they aren’t helping people with money they get – except themselves.