Sign of the Future?
No, I don’t think so, but I am finding a bit of humor in that Barack Obama won the presidential election barely 48 hours ago and people already wonder where their money is.
Indianapolis - Lines were long and tempers flared Wednesday not to vote but to get paid for canvassing for Barack Obama. Several hundred people are still waiting to get their pay for last-minute campaigning. Police were called to the Obama campaign office on North Meridian Street downtown to control the crowd.
The line was long and the crowd was angry at times.
“I want my money today! It’s my money. I want it right now!” yelled one former campaign worker.
A former spokesman for the Obama campaign said 375 people were hired as part of the Vote Corps program and said people signed up to work three-hour shifts at a time. Three hours of canvassing got workers a $30 pre-paid Visa card.
The campaign workers are starting to get paid albeit apparently less than they were expecting, according to the link. And we all know the Obama campaign certainly has/had enough money to pay them.
Maybe this is why most campaigns use unpaid volunteers to do canvassing.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Must be a little short in the Walking ’round Money.
November 6th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
I guess they found they have to hope for change.
They’d probably do better sitting on the sidewalk with a cup.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
“I want my money today! It’s my money. I want it right now!” yelled one former campaign worker.
The guy that was yelling this is homeless!
November 6th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
For those who may question mw95’s claims, he works at one of the shelters in Indy and knows the guy.