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He's not running on those issues though, his main running points were job creation, student debt, climate change, and education. From the article: "Cole is qu

He's not running on those issues though, his main running points were job creation, student debt, climate change, and education. From the article: "Cole is quick to downplay his alligence to the tech industry, which is increasingly under fire for being out of touch with the rest of the country. “Software developers aren’t the only ones under represented in congress,” he says. “Teachers, people in business other than CEOs, service workers, lots of people don’t have a voice in government because it’s really expensive to run a campaign."

humanrebar 13y ago
I wouldn't call teachers or non-CEO businesspersons underrepresented. The NEA and the US Chamber of Commerce are consistently among the top political donors. Depending on your definition of service workers, several unions are also among the top donors. http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/ http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/
- davecolenj 13y ago
  I simply mean that they aren't running and winning at the rate lawyers and those with long political careers are. I'd rather have them elected than only represented through lobbying groups!
  - humanrebar 13y ago
    I can understand that, but they're still in a different league than technologists, who don't benefit from lobbying unless it aligns with certain business interests.
- dragonwriter 13y ago
  > I wouldn't call teachers or non-CEO businesspersons underrepresented. The NEA and the US Chamber of Commerce are consistently among the top political donors. The US Chamber of Commerce doesn't represent non-CEO businesspersons, it represents businesses-qua-businesses (and, increasingly, businesses of a very particular political preference set, which is why the CoC has been harshly criticized for many of its political stands by a number of large businesses that don't share its particular political orientation.)
- rlpb 13y ago
  It really is a sad state of affairs when representation is measured by donors.

humanrebar 13y ago

I wouldn't call teachers or non-CEO businesspersons underrepresented. The NEA and the US Chamber of Commerce are consistently among the top political donors. Depending on your definition of service workers, several unions are also among the top donors. http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/ http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/

davecolenj 13y ago
I simply mean that they aren't running and winning at the rate lawyers and those with long political careers are. I'd rather have them elected than only represented through lobbying groups!
- humanrebar 13y ago
  I can understand that, but they're still in a different league than technologists, who don't benefit from lobbying unless it aligns with certain business interests.
dragonwriter 13y ago
> I wouldn't call teachers or non-CEO businesspersons underrepresented. The NEA and the US Chamber of Commerce are consistently among the top political donors. The US Chamber of Commerce doesn't represent non-CEO businesspersons, it represents businesses-qua-businesses (and, increasingly, businesses of a very particular political preference set, which is why the CoC has been harshly criticized for many of its political stands by a number of large businesses that don't share its particular political orientation.)
rlpb 13y ago
It really is a sad state of affairs when representation is measured by donors.