collective donations corrupt the system as much as any from individuals
many times, union leaders actually donate to and advocate for things that are not in the interest of their members
that union vote is all MAGA now & will remain so for the foreseeable future; especially with these tax cuts
the average union worker will benefit to the tune of roughly $2,000 dollars (more if they have kids)
Oh, they can do.
However a Congressmen who is looking after more than just one person is less corrupt.
HOWEVER, this is why I support Proportional Representation. The Unions can have their own party which they support. Other people can have their own party they support, and people can decide if they agree with this or not.
In the US there are two sides for thousands of different viewpoints.
So why don't they? There is no law that unions (or anybody else for that matter) cannot start their own political party.
Because Ray, if you haven't noticed, the US has a FPTP political system which benefits the main two parties.
Remember when you said "freedom is choice" and then later I said Proportional Representation is choice and you said something like 'fuck that shit, I like the system where the Republicans get an easy ride'?
I don't ever recall that conversation, although I did say choice is freedom.
Nobody is stopping anyone from starting their own party. The Green party is alive and well, the Libertarian party is alive and well, the problem is that voters (by choice) won't vote for those people. In fact one of the many excuses why Hillary lost was because a small fraction of votes went to the Green Party.
Oh, wow, now you don't recall. How the hell you don't recall it when I've reminded you of it many times, it way, way, way beyond me Ray.
Nothing is stopping people making their own parties EXCEPT THE POLITICAL SYSTEM WHICH RESTRICTS HOW PEOPLE VOTE. You don't understand this basic point.
FPTP is negative voting. The FDP in Germany would have had ZERO seats in the last election. Instead they got 80, or 10.7% of the votes.
Now, when 10.7% of the people CHOOSE one particular party and that party gets 0% of the seats, do you think this encourages people to vote for that party, or for people to set up their own parties? Seriously?
The Green Party is alive and well.
In Germany they got 66 seats in the Bundestag. In the US what do they have?
ZERO seats in the Senate
ZERO seats in the House
ZERO seats in the Supreme Court
ZERO presidents to their name
ZERO governorships
ZERO seats in state senates
TWO seats in state houses
ONE mayor
ONE deputy major
They have two people, in the WHOLE of the USA. But they probably have more support than this. Were the vote to be PR they'd probably have people in the Senate, people in the House and for sure more people in state government.
But no, the system prevents this. The system says to people "fuck off, the Reps and Dems control this shit" and you support this.
Democrats don't believe in choice.....they never have. Choice means freedom. The more choices one has, the more freedom one has. Democrats hate it.