Burgess Owens: “this Paycheck Protection Act provision is one more step in the oppression of working families by the Republican…”

“this Paycheck Protection Act provision is one more step in the oppression of working families by the Republican majority. If they are interested in stopping people from involuntarily contributing to political campaigns, then they should single out the corporations that can outcontribute the Democrats, the unions, by 20 to 1 in soft money. How many of the millions of shareholders in America were consulted or asked their opinion as to what position these corporations took when they contributed that soft money on which candidates they endorse? We are talking about many millions more than unions spend. Unions are under the control of the Beck decision. They have to do a lot of reporting. Each union member has certain rights in terms of the positions taken by the union, but what rights do shareholders have? Thomas Jefferson has been misquoted here several times. Certainly Thomas Jefferson will be in favor of equal oppression and equal repression if the government is going to oppress anybody. Why do we not do the same for corporations that we do for unions?”