The former U.S. Secretary of Labor and Berkeley’s current Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy is fed up with money playing a role in politics, gosh-darn it! And he’s taken to Twitter to express his righteous indignation:
CEOs have no right to spend shareholder money on politics without disclosing to whom it's going & giving shareholders a chance to opt out.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 9, 2012
2012 will go down in history as the year we lost our democracy to big money. Will 2013 be the year we take it back?
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 9, 2012
America suffers, as MLK said, not from the "actions of the bad people but the appalling silence and indifference of the good people." Act.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 9, 2012
Obviously, Robert, you’re still sore about Citizens United (just like your buddies Peter Fonda, Ben, and Jerry). Stomp that foot! Maybe AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka will join you in your tantrum; he, too, thinks money’s “dangerous to democracy.” ::cough::
Reich found some support among fellow waaaaaahmbulance passengers:
Fuck yeah! RT @RBReich: 2012 will go down in history as the year we lost our democracy to big money. Will 2013 be the year we take it back?
— Only Human (@leahmcelrath) July 9, 2012
https://twitter.com/Debeauche/status/222445703958511616
https://twitter.com/bobdobolina/status/222445501688201217
One lefty was willing to acknowledge something Reich did not:
@RBReich I agree 100%, but this is what the GOP say about the union support Dems receive? How can we make your argument and counter theirs?
— J P (@histino) July 9, 2012
Many conservatives echoed this point, countering Reich’s arguments by pointing out his hypocrisy when it comes to unions’ financial contributions.
@RBReich You would be referring to the heads of the labor unions, wouldn't you?
— Ted Frank (@Colonel_Ted) July 9, 2012
@RBReich Do Union Leaders have the same responsibilities as CEO's to disclose to its member's where dues are spent on politics?
— Paul Lovett (@BadBeat) July 9, 2012
https://twitter.com/TTrsquare/status/222448634040553473
https://twitter.com/headinjurykid/status/222451786424913920
"@RBReich: unions have no right to spend money on politics without disclosing to whom it's going & giving a chance to opt out."edited w/fac
— Tammy Ingram (@TammyIngram1) July 9, 2012
https://twitter.com/WBPetersen/status/222447543383113728
Reich isn’t really in a position to take up the mantle of Crusader for Political Justice.
https://twitter.com/evilofindiff/status/222446658259140608
@RBReich u want ppl to forget u & clinton hands in the mess we r in that Pres O cleaning up. U need to look in the mirror
— lovelyladypa (@whome51obama) July 9, 2012
@SooperMexican translated @RBReich "our big $ $oros is going to be nearly matched for a change"
— J.P. Kalishek (@JPKalishek) July 9, 2012
@RBReich You would be referring to George Soros and other Democrat party moneybags, wouldn't you?
— Ted Frank (@Colonel_Ted) July 9, 2012
https://twitter.com/clarkcali/status/222451054783107072
Hopefully this November, Reich’s tears will be genuine:
@RBReich 2012 will actually be the year that the Tea Party will save the country from Obama and the communists (Democrats) in Congress.
— Ted Frank (@Colonel_Ted) July 9, 2012
