Teachers hand out gold $tars to Dems

The New York Post reports on the educational establishment's kickbacks to a certain political party:

The Donkeys are the teachers' pets.

Teachers and professors statewide have donated $1.6 million to congressional candidates for the 2010 elections -- and 90 percent of the largesse has gone to Democrats.

Sen. Charles Schumer was the most popular politician of all. He received $174,175 in contributions from educators -- tops among all federal officeholders running this year -- according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics.

In general, the study shows that educators are a rock-solid constituency for Democrats. Teachers unions overwhelmingly favor Democrats, but so do professors from elite colleges.

It's for the children. Remember, when you work at an institution that not on a quarterly profit system: you must be completely altruistic.