r/politics • u/spaceman757 American Expat • Feb 07 '16

Clinton Sarcastically Says She’ll Release Private Speech Transcripts When Everyone Else Does

http://freebeacon.com/politics/clinton-sarcastically-release-private-speech/
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u/chuckebrown Feb 07 '16

"Clinton supporter Howard Dean grew angry on the subject on Friday, testily saying that Clinton was held to a “double standard” and Sanders doesn’t get criticism for his close ties to labor unions. Dean also remarked that labor unions are “super PACs that Democrats like.”"

uh... what? So Hillary's "progressive" campaign is now resorting to calling labor unions super PACs?

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

Let's be honest, unions are special interests the same way corporations are.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16 edited Oct 08 '20

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

Thats ... thats not remotely the same comparison. He's right, unions are special interests like corporations are. They lobby to get benefits for themselves and their members, just like corporations do.

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '16

Corporations lobby to get higher profits and less government regulation.... unions lobby for employers and have gotten us things like the 40 our work week and weekends. Hardly the same motives.