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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (227516)	2/15/2002 5:53:39 PM
From: Mr. Whist	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Congress debated this very issue about a year ago. End result: No real distinctions could be made between big-business contributions and labor contributions. Basically all the same. Even the majority of Republicans in Congress basically acknowledged such. I could go into much greater detail and poke holes in some of your points ... open shop vs. closed shop ... what percentage of union dues actually is spent for politicking (it's much smaller than most people think) ... the fact that many companies pressure executives to donate to Republican candidates and conservative causes. On and on. Actually, organized labor is fairly well-situated these days. The politically smart Republicans (including GWB) realize that one of the few ways to grow the party is to capture more labor votes. That's fine with me. Let's get into a bidding war ... Democrats vs. Republicans ... for the labor vote.