On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Carrol Cox wrote:
> Michael Pollak wrote:
>
> > If one were voting on the basis of pure union
> > interest, I'm afraid one would have to follow Nathan and vote for
> > Gore -- a pitiful kick in the facer who is sadly still the best on offer.
> > And besides, as Nathan never tires of reminding us, what really counts for
> > getting better organizing laws passed is finally getting a Senate majority
> > some day.
>
> On the empirical record, that is on the basis of what happens, not on
> the basis of what the politicians say they want to happen, Republican
> administrations for the last 55 years have far more progressive
> results than have Democrat administrations. {Various cogent examples
> not having to do with the right of labor to organize.}
I was speaking exclusively about labor law, Carrol. There, and only there, Nathan has convinced me the Democrats have been consistently better. And I did not say that was sufficient reason to vote Democratic -- it was an if-then clause.
Michael
__________________________________________________________________________ Michael Pollak................New York City..............mpollak at panix.com