How George Soros' Donations Cost You Money

Hungarian billionaire George Soros is infamous for donating billions to leftist causes worldwide.

But Soros' philanthropy costs you money.

George Soros

Over the last 35 years, Soros contributed $14 billion to countless organizations primarily associated with "the liberal agenda" - and that doesn't include the $18 billion sum he donated to his Open Society Foundation (OSF) last October. Oftentimes, the donated funds comes from his own coffers; other times, it's bequeathed by the OSF via grants and large donations.

But Soros' philanthropic efforts - as noble as they may seem - have cost taxpayers millions of dollars.

Here's what we mean...

George Soros Slams States with Legal Fees

Soros' Open Society granted $9 million to the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) in Durham, N.C., over the course of seven years. The coalition's objective has been to dismantle district layouts in states that purportedly give Republicans an advantage.

The SCSJ first went to court in 2011, following an election that saw 10 Republicans and three Democrats appointed for Congressional positions. Southern Coalition immediately fought the results on the basis that the state's voting map was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.

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The group's efforts - again, funded by Soros' OSF - finally culminated in a federal ruling on Jan. 9, 2018, that North Carolina's congressional map was indeed a partisan gerrymander.

This outcome was arguably great news for those supporting and following Southern Coalition's seven-year court battle, but it was bad news - and has been bad news since 2011 - for North Carolina's taxpayers.

On Jan. 6, The Winston-Salem Journal calculated the cost of defending against the lawsuit to be $5.6 million.

On top of that, the outlet reported, "attorneys who filed one of the original lawsuits against the General Assembly's congressional redistricting efforts in 2011 were awarded nearly $1.4 million in legal fees from state coffers for their successful claims... apparently bringing the state's running tally for the cost of redistricting lawsuits to about $7 million."

$7 million is no small sum for North Carolina's citizens, but Soros' donations in Texas have cost taxpayers there billions...[mmpazkzone name="in-story" network="9794" site="307044" id="137008" type="4"]

How George Soros Uses His Money to Tie Up Courts

In February 2016, an internal OSF memo was leaked to the public.

The memo outlined the OSF's plans to protect illegal immigrants, including plans to shape the results of a Supreme Court case.

"Grantees are seeking to influence the Justices... in hopes of securing a favorable ruling in U.S. v Texas," the memo stated. Were the Obama administration to win the case - and lock in the constitutionality of his Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) order - it would delay the deportation of millions of illegal immigrants.

In short, Soros' organization is not above using its money to attempt to alter the outcome of a Supreme Court decision. What's more, the organization was prepared to use its funds to support immigrants only if the ruling went its way:

"We are also seeking to shore up state and local infrastructure through Emma Lazarus II investments, positioning the field to move swiftly on a large-scale implementation effort in the event of a favorable ruling."

This means that the OSF was ready to provide legal and supportive services to immigrants (via Emma Lazarus investments) to fight court cases on their behalf, but could avoid spending the money if its efforts to influence the courts turned sour.

And though the courts did in fact decide against Obama, Soros' leftist donations successfully tied up the courts for years, costing Texas billions.

In the two years the case worked its way up the ranks, undocumented immigrants cost Texas $12.36 billion a year - or 10% of the state budget, according to National Economics Editorial (NEE) on April 17, 2017. The inaction on the state's part, spawned by the ongoing court cases that kept authorities from actually acting upon the immigrant crisis in The Lone Star State, cost taxpayers there $10.03 billion a year, or roughly $6,000 per non-U.S. citizen living there, the NEE added.

OSF is indirectly responsible for that massive Texas taxpayer bill. Not only did OSF pay organizations to keep up the immigration reform fight in the state, it prolonged the battle, costing Americans billions in the meantime.

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