[THE TALK SHOW AMERICA SHOW] Change We Can Believe In: Obama Stiffs Campaign ...

According to WTHR.com several hundred people are still waiting to get
their pay for last-minute campaigning for Barack Obama. Police were
called to the Obama campaign office 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 workers showed up to get their cards Wednesday morning at
10:00 am."There was a note on the door saying 1:00 pm and then at 1:20
pm everybody was like why is nobody here. They just got here and
they're trying to get it organized," said Heather Richards, a former
campaign worker.Eventually people did start getting paid, but some said
they were missing hours and told to fill in paperwork making their
claim and that eventually they would get a check in the mail. "Still
that's not right. I'm disappointed. I'm glad for the president, but I'm
disappointed in this system," said Diane Jefferson, temporary campaign
worker."It should have been $480. It's $230," said Imani Sankofa."They
gave us $10 an hour. So we added it. I added up all the hours so it was
supposed to be at least $120. All I get is $90," said Charles Martin."I
worked nine hours a day for 4 days and got paid half of what I should
have earned," said Randall Waldon."Talking about they'll mail it to us.
I ain't worried about that, man. They're not going to mail nothin',"
said Martin.Oh Boy folks, and Obama is not even in office yet, wait
until he tries to tell these people that he cannot keep his initial
campaign promises.Jay

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Posted By J.R. to THE TALK SHOW AMERICA SHOW at 11/06/2008 02:33:00 PM

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