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BAILEY BUILDING AND LOAN's avatar

I see union potical donations compared to corporate donations alot. I've love to see the numbers breakdown. My gut feeling is union money is probably a fraction of corporate.

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Indecisive decider's avatar

Whether the bribes, err, contributions come from unions or big companies, the result is the same. You're arguing whether you'd rather be hit with a 9 iron in the left eye or right eye.

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BAILEY BUILDING AND LOAN's avatar

The result is different in that unions represent citizen workers i.e. constituents. Corporations represent shareholders. They have different goals.

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Indecisive decider's avatar

No, the unions represent the union itself, not the members. Corporations represent those rewarded for share price increases via bonuses and company stock.

Unions do a good job marketing themselves as 'for the workers' the same way corps mime 'maximizing shareholder value' when to get that, they'll sacrifice long term for short term bonuses that reward company execs.

Show me the behaviors and I'll show you the incentives.

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Mick's avatar

SEIU alone in 2024 spent $200-million. The comment below is a pretty accurate comparison of the difference between corporate and union donations.

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