[quote=CA renter]I’ve addressed this point in another thread. You cannot compare **whole unions** (representing millions of workers across the country) with individual corporations or individual people who represent the interests of very few people. Of course the unions will be larger — they represent far more people than individual companies. Let’s look at the top 500 donors and lobbyists and see whether labor or capital is contributing the most money, overall.
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I never said that the private sector didn’t innovate (there you go twisting other people’s words). What I said was that the government provides the majority of the funding for basic research. That is a fact. Without this basic research, the private sector would have been far less innovative. What I’ve said is that the public and private markets are symbiotic. One cannot exist without the other.
YOU are the one who tries to paint things in black and white. You’ve repeatedly said that 100% of innovation has come from capitalist countries. That is totally untrue. You’ve made the claim that the public sector is a burden which the private sector has to bear. That is also false. Without the public sector, the private sector would resemble what is seen in countries without a strong (even large) government and very low/no taxes. I’ve posted sites where you can compare the data for yourself, but you’ve never attempted to do any research. You just spout the nonsense from your high school econ class as if it’s fact. Don’t just listen to what others tell you to believe. Do your own research and see for yourself.[/quote]
I want to clarify this more. Instead of looking for individual groups or entities, I’d like to take the aggregate of EVERYTHING spent in D.C., determine if these donations/contributions are made on behalf of workers or corporations/capital. Then, we should compare the two to see which side is really spending more. I don’t know the answer, but think this would be an interesting exercise.
