Posted by
JayPeriod on Friday, December 12, 2008 9:21:37 AM
What comes around, goes around. For decades, the UAW has poured billions of dollars into elections to get Democrats elected into office. No matter what Republicans offer, the UAW uses worker's union dues to fund the campaigns of their Democratic opponents. Yesterday, the UAW was at the mercy of the Republicans to save their cans.
The UAW will no doubt use this as a rallying cry in the next election to get their workers to revolt against Republican candidates. They will remind their workers of the vote that could potentially bring an end to their gravy train. They'll ask those worker to put into office candidates who will go along with their status quo.
Would things have been any different, though, had the Republicans got on board and voted for the bailout? Would the UAW have thanked them by donating to their campaigns or suggesting workers elect them? Of course not! They would have donated millions to their opponents and called them every name in the book. In other words, nothing would have changed.
Maybe, the UAW should have stayed out of politics, all together.