Schwarzenegger's Legacy: Backlash Against Corporations?

Politics in this country will never be more receptive to people's needs until we get corporate bribes out of the system.  Schwarzenegger's legacy--after sickening voters by watching him gorge on campaign cash--may do just that.  A group of unions and activists is working to qualify an initiative that would be a reasonable first step by allowing  shareholders vote on corporate political spending.  Michael Finnegan in the LA Times explains it:

The corporation would have to produce annual reports for shareholders listing all political donations and spending from the previous year. Its political budget for the following year would require majority shareholder approval.

The budget, however, would be cut to reflect the percentage of the vote. A $1-million political budget, for example, would be sliced to $600,000 if holders of 60% of the shares voted to approve it.

Comments

[Mike Eon]

Is there some clear statement somewhere about why CNA is against Schwarzenegger? Particularly interesting would be items relating to Nurses, and how the Gov. is doing nothing to keep the skyrocketting medical costs down. Maybe a top ten list would be good.

Frankly, it is sort of confusing for the CNA to be outraged over fundraising when the very next article in the paper is about how successful his potential opponent is in raising money. Huh? What do nurses want here?

[Buffy Jean]

Good question about what the nurses want. Do they just want that ridiculous staffing ratio to be enforced, so hospitals will have to shut down and patients will suffer? That appears to be the agenda of this group of mean-spirited nurses.

Give 'em hell, Arnold! California needs your reforms, and we can't let labor groups like the idiotic California Nurses Association hold the government hostage with their mud-slinging and name-calling.

[Mike Eon]

What is the position of CNA on 9 Emergency Rooms being closed in the Los Angeles area in recent years? Do the Nurses have any opinion on what to do about the flood of uninsured ER visitors, and the skyrocketting medical costs in general?

If there is any opinion on this, please post it on this blog.