On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > > unions are apparently spending north of $250 million this election cycle. if > they can spend, so can corporations. >
Of course unions are still bound by disclosure rules that corporations aren't. Regardless, I'm against unlimited spending by Unions as well Corporations. Where are your numbers from, out of curiosity? Last I heard, total non-party expenditures were still below $250 million total on both sides: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/vote-2010-elections-campaign-spending-political-parties-eclipsed/story?id=11965623 Last I heard, AFSCME has pledged to spend up to $85 million. SEIU was against the Citizen's United ruling and pledged to not take advantage of it. I haven't heard one way or another if they've followed through on that or if they are at their same pre-CU spending. The US Chamber of Commerce pledged $75 million and Karl Rove's American Crossroads has pledged $65 million. I'd be really surprised if union spending outstripped corporate-backed spending this cycle, so I'd like to see your numbers. Regardless of source, I still think that the Citizens United ruling was one of the most horrifying in a generation (managing to outstrip New London) and I directly blame Bush for it. Bush isn't much of a conservative, but he is a corporate whore. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:330256 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
