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Ok...I got you. Now unions are on the same playing field with corporations. I don't know if it was right before the ruling. It was favorable to the unions prior.
Funny, I saw SEIU and several other unions dump some rather huge amounts on Obama in '08. Hows that?
Oh, I see. Unions had more money and power than corporations prior to the ruling...
You are not paying attention. Unions cannot (by law) use dues money for political contributions.
Unions cant donate dues money to parties or candidates, they use the MNPL, or they are allowed to use it for political education to the members, but not directly to a party or candidate.
Soft money is allowed to be used to organize get out to vote and educate members on the issues, but not to tell them who to vote for nor given to the candidate.
They get money through voluntary contributions from members through their PAC's. I never did contribute to those PAC's.You got by me on the euphemism before....
Tech, then how do they contribute such vast sums of money to the Dems then?
Unions contributed huge sums before the ruling, corporations had to twinkle toe it before the ruling.
And why was Obama so wigged out at SCOTUS for the ruling?
I think it leveled the playing field.
They get money through voluntary contributions from members through their PAC's. I never did contribute to those PAC's.
I have always donated to the candidate directly...
Corp's can now use their vast resources to plant any candidate in any position. (see Walker, Gov/WI)
Exactly.
I have very little control over who holds my mortgage, yet the company that holds it donates a portion of my hard earned mortgage payment to people/causes that I do not like or want. Thanks to the Citizens United SCOTUS case, I can do nothing to stop them from doing just that.
At least the people who donated actually wanted to donate.And the unions never could.
(See Obama/Prez/US '08)
At least the people who donated actually wanted to donate.
Not so with people who work for todays corporations.
Why dont you show us since its against the law and you want to know!
They are allowed to use soft money. They cant donate to the candidate nor the party. But soft money is allowed to be used for education purposes and get out to vote.
That is why the IAM had the MNPL, its not dues money.