Ever wonder why the Dems love the unions?
Just in case you were wondering why Obama and his Democrat cronies are so hot to support labor unions, particularly government employee unions, check out the contributions from the unions to the political parties.
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Leading Union Political Campaign 1990-2010 |
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Democrats |
Republicans |
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American |
$40,281,900 |
$547,700 |
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Intel |
29,705,600 |
679,000 |
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National |
27,679,300 |
2,005,200 |
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Service |
26,368,470 |
98,700 |
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Communication |
26,305,500 |
125,300 |
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Service |
26,252,000 |
1,086,200 |
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Laborers |
25,734,000 |
2,138,000 |
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American |
25,682,800 |
200,000 |
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United |
25,082,200 |
182,700 |
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Teamsters |
24,926,400 |
1,822,000 |
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Carpenters |
24,094,100 |
2,658,000 |
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Machinists |
23,875,600 |
226,300 |
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United |
23,182,000 |
334,200 |
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AFL-CIO |
17,124,300 |
713,500 |
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Sheet |
16,347,200 |
342,800 |
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Plumbers |
14,790,000 |
818,500 |
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Operating |
13,840,000 |
2,309,500 |
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Airline |
12,806,600 |
2,398,300 |
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International |
12,421,700 |
2,685,400 |
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United |
11,807,000 |
1,459,300 |
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Ironworkers |
11,638,900 |
936,000 |
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American |
11,633,100 |
544,300 |
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Nat’l |
8,135,400 |
2,294,600 |
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Seafarers |
6,726,800 |
1,281,300 |
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Source: Center for Responsive Politics, Washington , D.C. |
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Before you get out your calculator, that totals $486,440,870 in campaign contributions to the Democrats and a mere $27,886,800 to the Republicans for their campaigns. That is a ratio of over 17 times the amount going to the Democrats from the unions as compared to the Republicans.
Also, I hope you noted that the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Union is at the top of the contribution list!
Get it now? That kind of money gets you a lot of “access” in the legislature and in the White House. Now you know who operating the strings on the puppet Obama.