Saturday, August 07, 2004
Ralph Nader: Exploiter of the Homeless
Bizarre but true: the Nader campaign was forced to close its Philadelphia office after it was besieged by homeless people. The picketers claimed that they had been promised money to collect signatures for Nader, but that they had not been paid.
Pennsylvania Democrats plan to challenge Nader's petitions on the grounds that some of the homeless petitioners were observed signing each other's petitions. Can you blame them? They were apparently promised $0.75-$1.00 per petition.
It scarcely needs saying that the average homeless person is likely to be less successful in petition-gathering than a well-fed and well-clothed volunteer. How desperate are the Nader people? Desperate enough to engage in shameless exploitation, it would seem.
See: Nader's Philly Office Closes
Bizarre but true: the Nader campaign was forced to close its Philadelphia office after it was besieged by homeless people. The picketers claimed that they had been promised money to collect signatures for Nader, but that they had not been paid.
Pennsylvania Democrats plan to challenge Nader's petitions on the grounds that some of the homeless petitioners were observed signing each other's petitions. Can you blame them? They were apparently promised $0.75-$1.00 per petition.
It scarcely needs saying that the average homeless person is likely to be less successful in petition-gathering than a well-fed and well-clothed volunteer. How desperate are the Nader people? Desperate enough to engage in shameless exploitation, it would seem.
See: Nader's Philly Office Closes
