1. The #NRA is to gun-fueled killiings in the US as #AIPAC is to big-weapons killings (& settler colonialism & Apartheid) in Palestine. This brief Tw essay will explore the finances of both orgs.
2. ProPublica has a great public portal for reviewing IRS's Form 990 forms for all 501c orgs. Both @AIPAC and @NRA are 501c-4 orgs, so can lobby. Both hv smaller affiliated 501c-3 (educational) orgs, too. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/org…
3. From the @NRA's 2015 990 we see that the Exec Dir Wayne Lapierre pulled in >$5 million that year for a claimed 70 hrs/week of work...
4. By comparison, @AIPAC's Exec Dir Howard Kohr pulled in "only" $670,000, as per this 2014 990:
5. @NRA's total revenues in 2015 were $336 million. Their payroll had 852 ppl on it-- most earning much less than Wayne Lapierre.
6. @AIPAC 's revs in 2014 were $88.6 million. Roughly 1/4 of @NRA's. But in terms of havoc/suffering/deaths resulting from the policy distortions imposed by the 2 orgs, probably @AIPAC gave "more bang for the buck"?
7. Next week, @WRMEA will hold its annual #IsraelLobbyConf. A good chance to understand how @AIPAC operates at all levels of US public life & explore the role of $$ in distorting US politics. We'll hv an info table there. Come by! israellobbyandamericanpolicy.org
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