General Government

Re: 2009 House Bill 4245 (Authorize government employee paycheck withholding for union PACs )

jmangan — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:37:10 GMT

They have the chance, nobody is stopping them.

Re: 2009 House Bill 4245 (Authorize government employee paycheck withholding for union PACs )

silence dogood — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:23:40 GMT

obviously the union isn't concerned about the worker either, if the worker's wishes as to which party's pac gets that particular union member's money. it's okay to have them donate to the democrats, all you have to do is check 'yes' on the form, but you cannot have them donate to the republican, there is no option for that. i thought that kind of discrimination was illegal. i guess it's not if you are a union. i wonder how many union members would voluntarily donate their money to the republicans if given a chance?

Re: 2009 House Bill 4245 (Authorize government employee paycheck withholding for union PACs )

jmangan — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:37:51 GMT

You can. Give your money to another pac, a pac that isn't concerned for the well being of the worker. Almost any Republican pac would meet that qualification. You don't have to give your money to the Union pac, and this bill doesn't change that.

Re: 2009 House Bill 4245 (Authorize government employee paycheck withholding for union PACs )

silence dogood — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:29:35 GMT

why can't i designate that my money go to the republicans? aren't union member's wishes being considered and respected as to where and how the member's money is spent?

Re: 2009 House Bill 4245 (Authorize government employee paycheck withholding for union PACs )

jmangan — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:06:56 GMT

They can decide where their money will go. That's all any of us can do.

Re: 2009 House Bill 4245 (Authorize government employee paycheck withholding for union PACs )

uber-liberal — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:39:12 GMT

so your answer is no, they cannot decide that their union money will go to a republican.

Re: 2009 House Bill 4245 (Authorize government employee paycheck withholding for union PACs )

jmangan — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:51:53 GMT

He can decide to either give or not to a union pac, depending on who they support.

Re: 2009 House Bill 4245 (Authorize government employee paycheck withholding for union PACs )

silence dogood — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:51:10 GMT

i wonder, can a union employee decide that his money get spent on republican campaigns & political action committees?

Re: 2009 House Bill 4245 (Authorize government employee paycheck withholding for union PACs )

jmangan — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:39:03 GMT

This bill would amend the campaign finance law to allow:

<(g) The use of public resources to permit a public employee to

contribute to a political action committee of the employee's

collective bargaining unit by payroll deduction, if the collective

bargaining unit provides full compensation to the public body for

the use of the resources.>

Wouldn't cost the taxpayers a dime.

Re: 2009 House Bill 4245 (Authorize government employee paycheck withholding for union PACs )

larenne2001 — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:06:34 GMT

Why should I be forced to contribute to a polical party via a Union employee that I don't like or believe in.?

This is suppose to be a free country.

Re: 2009 House Bill 4245 (Authorize government employee paycheck withholding for union PACs )

changeagent — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:58:26 GMT

Why does this have to be a law? If people want to contribute to a PAC let them write a check!

2009 House Bill 4245 (Authorize government employee paycheck withholding for union PACs )

admin — Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT

Introduced in the House on February 11, 2009

Click here to view bill details.