Comments on: SCOTUS decision a victory for free speech, but also Big Labor http://dailycaller.com/2010/01/27/scotus-decision-a-victory-for-free-speech-but-also-big-labor/ The Daily Caller features breaking news, opinion, research, and entertainment 24 hours a day. Wed, 23 May 2012 03:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: monicaha622 http://dailycaller.com/2010/01/27/scotus-decision-a-victory-for-free-speech-but-also-big-labor/comment-page-1/#comment-10481 monicaha622 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:20:34 +0000 http://dailycaller.com/?p=314024#comment-10481 Unions are probably the most corrupt organizations in America. I can speak from personal experience. Look at MD and VA. Virginia is an open shop state and it's industry and economy is constantly improving. Real estate is more successful there than MD can hope to be. Real Estate Moguls like Ted Lerner (Washington Nationals Owner) who are from Maryland end up building/buying more projects in VA because the union's influence isn't as strong there as in MD. From what I hear, real estate in MD is a pain in the ass. Developers have to make nice with the unions for support, which can get extremely tedious and unnecessary at times. Unions are probably the most corrupt organizations in America. I can speak from personal experience. Look at MD and VA. Virginia is an open shop state and it’s industry and economy is constantly improving. Real estate is more successful there than MD can hope to be. Real Estate Moguls like Ted Lerner (Washington Nationals Owner) who are from Maryland end up building/buying more projects in VA because the union’s influence isn’t as strong there as in MD. From what I hear, real estate in MD is a pain in the ass. Developers have to make nice with the unions for support, which can get extremely tedious and unnecessary at times.

]]> By: goldie http://dailycaller.com/2010/01/27/scotus-decision-a-victory-for-free-speech-but-also-big-labor/comment-page-1/#comment-10263 goldie Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:22:19 +0000 http://dailycaller.com/?p=314024#comment-10263 markchrist sounds like Tim Robbins in "Team America": "Let me explain to you how this works: you see, the corporations finance Team America, and then Team America goes out... and the corporations sit there in their... in their corporation buildings, and... and, and see, they're all corporation-y... and they make money." Corporations are not just NBC, ExxonMobil, etc. Businesses on Main Street USA are incorporated. Trade associations that represent every industry and interest--no matter how small or specialized--are incorporated. And both allow people to pool their resources to respond collectively to groups and individuals with which they disagree, or support those with whom they do. markchrist sounds like Tim Robbins in “Team America”: “Let me explain to you how this works: you see, the corporations finance Team America, and then Team America goes out… and the corporations sit there in their… in their corporation buildings, and… and, and see, they’re all corporation-y… and they make money.”

Corporations are not just NBC, ExxonMobil, etc. Businesses on Main Street USA are incorporated. Trade associations that represent every industry and interest–no matter how small or specialized–are incorporated. And both allow people to pool their resources to respond collectively to groups and individuals with which they disagree, or support those with whom they do.

]]> By: markchrist http://dailycaller.com/2010/01/27/scotus-decision-a-victory-for-free-speech-but-also-big-labor/comment-page-1/#comment-9842 markchrist Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:24:28 +0000 http://dailycaller.com/?p=314024#comment-9842 This guy is insane and is so blinded by his hatred for unions. The real problem is the corporations, whether they are US-owned or not. A victory for free speech? More like you just lost your power to influence an election with your now meaningless campaign contribution. So now a CEO gets to give his personal amount and his corporate amount, while you can only give one time. This unfairly tilts the power to those with the most money. The CEOs now have more political power than you. It is the reverse of Double Jeopardy, and the activist conservative members of the SCOTUS went way beyond even the case before them to make new law. No mention of that? Just unions and how bad they are, even though they represent real hardworking Americans. Unlike this corporate ass-kiss. This guy is insane and is so blinded by his hatred for unions. The real problem is the corporations, whether they are US-owned or not. A victory for free speech? More like you just lost your power to influence an election with your now meaningless campaign contribution. So now a CEO gets to give his personal amount and his corporate amount, while you can only give one time. This unfairly tilts the power to those with the most money. The CEOs now have more political power than you. It is the reverse of Double Jeopardy, and the activist conservative members of the SCOTUS went way beyond even the case before them to make new law. No mention of that? Just unions and how bad they are, even though they represent real hardworking Americans. Unlike this corporate ass-kiss.

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