One thing leads to another, especially with webcrumbs, and this site just floated across my screen: HSLDA's U.S. Lobby Registration and Reporting Disclosure page. Interesting figures on how much has been spent on lobbying activities over the years, and what those activities were. Click on buttons at the tops of the pages listing more pages in the file.
- 1998 1 Jan - 30 Jun: $100,000
- 1998 1 Jul - 31 Dec : $40,000
- 1999 1 Jan - 30 Jun: Sorry, forgot to file
- 1999 1 Jul - 31 Dec: $40,000
- 2000 1 Jan - 30 Jun: $40,000
- 2000 1 Jul - 31 Dec: $60,000
- 2001 1 Jan - 30 Jun: $80,000
- 2001 1 Jul - 31 Dec: $60,000
- 2002 1 Jan - 30 Jun: $60,000
- 2002 1 Jul - 31 Dec: $80,000
- 2003 1 Jan - 30 Jun: $80,000
- 2003 1 Jul - 31 Dec: $80,000
- 2004 1 Jan - 30 Jun: $30,000
- 2004 1 Jul - 31 Dec: less than $10,000
- 2005 1 Jan - 30 Jun: Sorry, forgot to file
For me this is eye-opening because HSLDA has always been on the periphery of my homeschooling activities. I was never a member, I never needed legal assistance, and if they stayed out of the military-sphere, or didn't introduce legislation into Congress, I didn't pay much attention to what they were doing. The bright spot, for me, is that I'm not just now finding out what any membership dues I would have sent them would have gone for.
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