Name,
What is a politician’s integrity worth? I’ve told you from the beginning that I refuse to be corrupted by corporations and special interests, which is why I’ve committed to running a 100% people-funded campaign.
However, a lot of politicians don’t seem to agree. They’ll cash campaign checks from Amazon, Walgreens, Pfizer and dozens of others despite the harm those companies cause to working people.
But, I want to hear from you on this. Do you think that politicians should accept massive campaign contributions from corporations and special interests?
I want to tell you a story. One of the most exploitative companies I ever worked for was my first job out of college, it was a company called Kaplan University. I was a frontline associate, and I knew something wasn’t quite right, but when you’re low income, have college debt, and are just getting out of Section 8 housing, you’ll take any job you can get.
The company wouldn’t let us log our overtime hours, and made us come in early and stay late without logging in.
Now I know that wage theft accounts for $50 billion in stolen wages from employees annually.
Not long after I left, I got a settlement check in the mail for wages stolen from me by Kaplan University. It therefore did not surprise me at all that not long after that, Kaplan also settled a massive lawsuit for stealing from students as well.
This is what corporate corruption looks like. What makes that corruption even worse is that politicians further enable it by taking corporate funding.
Kaplan is ultimately owned by Amazon, and Amazon corporation funds hundreds of politicians on the federal level every single year – including my opponent, Bill Foster. And you can guess how many times he’s called out Kaplan University for their corruption, wage theft, and exploitation of former employees and students: zero.
With so much at stake, I want to hear what you think. Do you think that politicians should be accepting massive campaign contributions from corporations and special interests?
Thanks for telling me your opinion,
Qasim
