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I mean really, if Republicans can manage to raise their own money, why can't Democrats? Why is it that they need public sector union bosses to shake down their rank and file and fill their campaign coffers? Why is it they need taxpayer money to fill their campaign coffers? Why are they so afraid of having to compete with Republicans in a free market?
Out of one side of their mouths liberals tell us that they represent the interests of the majority of the American people, the "middle class", yet out of the other side of their mouths liberals scream that without public sector unions lining their coffers, the Democrat Party is essentially powerless. Well let me ask you this, if liberals represent the viewpoint of the majority, then why would they have trouble raising money in a free market? Furthermore, if the Democrat Party can't raise money without public sector unions propping them up, doesn't that reinforce the fact that Democrats do not represent the majority of voters but rather only themselves and their cronies?
All any of this proves is that there's very little demand for Democrat politicians in a truly free market. The only reason the Democrat Party has survived so long is because they've been propped up by TARP funds in the form of public sector unions. Like all of their failed ideas (food stamps, section 8, Medicaid, Social Security, Amtrak, etc.) the Democrat Party is just one giant taxpayer subsidy that couldn't compete in a free market. That's why liberals were so infuriated when the Supreme Court overturned the campaign finance reform law. Liberalism can't compete in a free market. Like GM and Chrysler, they need to be propped up by bailouts.
I mean really, if Republicans can manage to raise their own money, why can't Democrats? Why is it that they need public sector union bosses to shake down their rank and file and fill their campaign coffers? Why is it they need taxpayer money to fill their campaign coffers? Why are they so afraid of having to compete with Republicans in a free market?
Out of one side of their mouths liberals tell us that they represent the interests of the majority of the American people, the "middle class", yet out of the other side of their mouths liberals scream that without public sector unions lining their coffers, the Democrat Party is essentially powerless. Well let me ask you this, if liberals represent the viewpoint of the majority, then why would they have trouble raising money in a free market? Furthermore, if the Democrat Party can't raise money without public sector unions propping them up, doesn't that reinforce the fact that Democrats do not represent the majority of voters but rather only themselves and their cronies?
All any of this proves is that there's very little demand for Democrat politicians in a truly free market. The only reason the Democrat Party has survived so long is because they've been propped up by TARP funds in the form of public sector unions. Like all of their failed ideas (food stamps, section 8, Medicaid, Social Security, Amtrak, etc.) the Democrat Party is just one giant taxpayer subsidy that couldn't compete in a free market. That's why liberals were so infuriated when the Supreme Court overturned the campaign finance reform law. Liberalism can't compete in a free market. Like GM and Chrysler, they need to be propped up by bailouts.
Your posts make little sense. And since unions are not taxpayer funded, how they spend their "rank and files" dues is none of your business.
And raising money from unions is the same as raising it from any other organization or business. And TARP was only instituted a couple of years ago the democrats have been around a lot longer than that.
I mean seriously did you think about this post before you clicked the "submit" button. Doesn't sound like it.
How do you figure? How much of that money wasn't from public sector unions? If it's from public sector unions, it doesn't count because that money either came directly from taxpayer revenue or it came from union dues involuntarily withheld from union rank and file paychecks. So more like Jill61 = pwned
Your posts make little sense. And since unions are not taxpayer funded, how they spend their "rank and files" dues is none of your business.
And raising money from unions is the same as raising it from any other organization or business. And TARP was only instituted a couple of years ago the democrats have been around a lot longer than that.
I mean seriously did you think about this post before you clicked the "submit" button. Doesn't sound like it.
It is my business because I'm an average tax payer and other average tax payers like me are FORCED to pay union dues to labor unions even though they don't want to join a union. Unions collect dues or "agency fees" from non union members by force and use it to fund political campaigns that in turn support labor unions. Are you seeing the problem yet?
As of January 2011, the RNC had just over $2M in the bank. The DNC had just over $9M in the bank.
Guess Democrats aren't have any trouble at all raising their own monies.
Looks like your rants underlying "foundations" can't compete with free market facts.
Who cares how much money is "in the bank", you're talking about Jan 2011 and you're not talking about PACs which Democrats hate unless it's theirs.
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