As President Obama addresses the United Auto Workers conference in Washington, we would like to remind folks about what effect the UAW’s policies have had on Michigan, in addition to the millions they have given to the president in return for “payback.”
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UAW Bankrolls Obama Campaign:
The UAW Voluntary Community Action Programs Contributed $4,451,716 In Independent Expenditures To Barack Obama in 2008. (Website, Federal Election Commission, Accessed 2/27/12)
The United Auto Workers Contributed $29,112 To Barack Obama in 2008. (Website, Center For Responsive Politics, Accessed 2/27/12)
Labor Bosses Plan To Spend $400 Billion Dollars For Obama During 2012 Presidential Election:
“Unions are gearing up to spend more than $400 million to help re-elect President Barack Obama and lift Democrats this election year in a fight for labor’s survival.” (Sam Hananel, “Unions Gearing Up To Spend Big In 2012 Election,” The Associated Press, 2/22/12)
Union Bosses Spent Half A Billion Dollars For Obama During 2008 Presidential Election:
“There has been nothing coy about the Democratic presidential candidates’ courtship of Big Labor. After all, union endorsements come with armies of door-knocking, phone-calling, sign-waving foot soldiers; union leaders will spend about half a billion dollars on political campaigns this election cycle.” (Tim Miller, “Giving Away The Store,” The New York Post, 12/17/07)