CAMPAIGN FINANCE AND UNIONS

What would you do if, in order to mail a letter via the United States Post Office, you knew part of the postage would be used to promote  the campaign of a candidate you did not favor? Aside from being bizarre, that would clearly be wrong. Of course, you could choose to have your mail delivered by another carrier, but how realistic is that?

If you belong to a union and thus derive benefits from that union, should a portion of your dues be delivered to fund campaigns of candidates you oppose? That would be just as wrong. Of course, you could always quit the union but the result would be having the union effectively working against your employment. It is the purpose of unions to promote the financial and safety interests of workers, not candidates. That is a reason “lobbying” exists. It can deal with specific concerns. ( Hopefully without the persnickety appearance of quid pro quo or bribery.)

Unions could allow their members to make their wishes known and divide up donations accordingly. Too complicated and costly? How about reducing union dues for those who simply do not wish to donate to a candidate their union has chosen or any candidate, for that matter? Simple and cheap! These options avoid the most honorable, ethical and simplest solution. Unions stop donating altogether. But that would take unions out of the protection racket business and we can’t have that. Can we? I said, CAN WE?!!!

It’s too bad we can’t ask a former President of The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, James R. “Jimmy”  Hoffa, about his feelings on the subject. He knew a lot about racketeering. He misused union funds, being convicted of jury tampering, bribery and fraud in 1964. He was sentenced to 13 years and went to prison in 1967. Nixon pardoned him in 1971. Nixon is gone too, so we can’t get his ideas on ethics. Who, then, could we ask? Let’s see…. How about the current General President of The International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Who is that again? Oh yes. James P. Hoffa.

Campaigns should be funded by private individual CONSENTING donors. Not donors under duress.

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