I know someone who had to give $$ to the coffers of local Democrats who had a business. He despised them with a passion. I asked why he didn’t just refuse, and the answer was that they’d have run him out of business if he didn’t pony up. I have no doubt that if they’d decided to stiff that $hitball Reid, he’d have made sure they’d have had a ton of trouble in whatever way possible (including labor).
There’s a big difference between some giving freely vs. ones that have to protect their business. The question is whether you blame the person running the protection racket or the person that has to pay ?
There’s a big difference between your friend Joe Schome and a billionaire. Trump could have spent millions to oust Reid, either at the ballot box or with a hit man, if he had so desired, rather than pay him off. Has he apologized?