tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505180960909001059.post3279498370113101216..comments2023-08-18T00:46:15.377-04:00Comments on Roland Hansen Commentary: Pro Union = Good. Anti Union = Bad.Roland Hansenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14510269002146276854noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505180960909001059.post-76383673929753984432009-12-06T19:54:45.602-05:002009-12-06T19:54:45.602-05:00Great links Roland, with a lot of interesting info...Great links Roland, with a lot of interesting information.Timothy W Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118861693269565715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505180960909001059.post-9551088473802802652009-12-06T15:29:05.917-05:002009-12-06T15:29:05.917-05:00Tim,
In regards to financial contributions by org...Tim,<br /><br />In regards to financial contributions by organizations to political campaigns, I am placing an embedded link that will take people to <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php?order=A" rel="nofollow"><b>Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2010</b></a> from OpenSecrets.org.<br /><br />Another interesting web site is <a href="http://www.campaignmoney.com/" rel="nofollow"><b>Campaign Finance in American Politics</b></a> from campaignmoney.com.Roland Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510269002146276854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5505180960909001059.post-37049131281348791632009-12-06T13:09:58.027-05:002009-12-06T13:09:58.027-05:00Roland,
Unions may not deserve the bashing and de...Roland,<br /><br />Unions may not deserve the bashing and demonization that they sometimes receive. Neither do they seem to merit canonization.<br /><br />A concept that I believe was begun with noble purpose has evolved into a self-perpetuating bureaucracy bent on growth and power, and little more than another special interest group.<br /><br />My only beef with unions (if I have one) is that they have done a far better job than most in attaining special status in the art of government persuasion. <br /><br />This special status in election spending gives them enormous (and some would say unfair) benefit in the political influence game, one they continue to exploit. <br /><br />This does not make individual union members bad however any more than corrupt elected officials make politics bad (in spite of my occasional cracks about it). It does place unions however in the same category of large scale manipulators as the "big businesses" that they choose to demonize. <br /><br />(We have yet to see how they will fill their new dual role in Chrysler & GM during negotiations, a situation which will prove interesting.)<br /><br />As for using Wikipedia as a reference on anything, I believe that it is one that should be used, but carefully. Wiki is an open platform that anyone can use to edit entries. As has been proved far too many times, those savvy enough can insure that the image they want is the one that will be seen (and if Ben Konop's team can manage it, I believe that unions can likewise).Timothy W Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118861693269565715noreply@blogger.com