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:<\/p>\n\n\n
CEOs have no right to spend shareholder money on politics without disclosing to whom it's going & giving shareholders a chance to opt out.<\/p>\n
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n 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?<\/p>\n — Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n America suffers, as MLK said, not from the "actions of the bad people but the appalling silence and indifference of the good people." Act.<\/p>\n — Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n Obviously, Robert, you’re still sore about Citizens United<\/a> (just like your buddies Peter Fonda<\/a>, Ben, and Jerry<\/a>). Stomp that foot! Maybe AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka will join you in your tantrum; he, too, thinks money’s “dangerous to democracy<\/a>.” ::cough::<\/p>\n Reich found some support among fellow waaaaaahmbulance passengers:<\/p>\n\n\n Fuck yeah! RT @RBReich<\/a>: 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?<\/p>\n — Only Human (@leahmcelrath) July 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n https:\/\/twitter.com\/Debeauche\/status\/222445703958511616<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/bobdobolina\/status\/222445501688201217<\/a><\/p>\n One lefty was willing to acknowledge something Reich did not:<\/p>\n\n\n @RBReich<\/a> 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?<\/p>\n — J P (@histino) July 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n Many conservatives echoed this point, countering Reich’s arguments by pointing out his hypocrisy when it comes to unions’ financial contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n @RBReich<\/a> You would be referring to the heads of the labor unions, wouldn't you?<\/p>\n — Ted Frank (@Colonel_Ted) July 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n @RBReich<\/a> Do Union Leaders have the same responsibilities as CEO's to disclose to its member's where dues are spent on politics?<\/p>\n — Paul Lovett (@BadBeat) July 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n https:\/\/twitter.com\/TTrsquare\/status\/222448634040553473<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/headinjurykid\/status\/222451786424913920<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n "@RBReich<\/a>: 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<\/p>\n — Tammy Ingram (@TammyIngram1) July 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBPetersen\/status\/222447543383113728<\/a><\/p>\n Reich isn’t really in a position to take up the mantle of Crusader for Political Justice.<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/evilofindiff\/status\/222446658259140608<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n @RBReich<\/a> 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<\/p>\n — lovelyladypa (@whome51obama) July 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n @SooperMexican<\/a> translated @RBReich<\/a> "our big $ $oros<\/a> is going to be nearly matched for a change"<\/p>\n — J.P. Kalishek (@JPKalishek) July 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n\n\n @RBReich<\/a> You would be referring to George Soros and other Democrat party moneybags, wouldn't you?<\/p>\n — Ted Frank (@Colonel_Ted) July 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n \n https:\/\/twitter.com\/clarkcali\/status\/222451054783107072<\/a><\/p>\n Hopefully this November, Reich’s tears will be genuine:<\/p>\n\n\n @RBReich<\/a> 2012 will actually be the year that the Tea Party will save the country from Obama and the communists (Democrats) in Congress.<\/p>\n — Ted Frank (@Colonel_Ted) July 9, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n Read more: http:\/\/twitchy.com\/2012\/07\/09\/robert-reich-laments-money-in-politics-if-the-money-is-from-conservatives\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/RBReich\/status\/222443653317140480 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! 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