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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zoltan! who wrote (61659)	10/12/1999 4:27:00 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 67261

From Nealznuz @ Boortz.com AL GORE AND THE UNIONS Ah, what a marvelous moment it was. Our Vice-President, Al Gore, standing up there in front of a union gathering and bleating forth "And if you elect me president I will veto any anti-union bill that comes across my desk. I gua-ran-damn-tee ya. Now, you might ask yourself: "Self? Just what kind of anti-union bills would Gore be talking about?" Glad you asked. Glad because I happen to have an example for you. Several years ago the Supreme Court ruled that Unions had to inform their members of the degree to which union dues were being used for political purposes, and that these unions had to give the workers the opportunity to withhold or to demand a return of that portion of their dues. The essence of the Court's ruling was that people had the right not to be forced into contributing money to political causes with which they might not agree. Soon after that Supreme Court ruling President George Bush issued an executive order which required government employee unions to inform their members of the portion of their dues used for political purposes – just as the Supreme Court ruled they were required to do. One of the first things Clinton did when he took office was to rescind that executive order. It was, or course, "anti-union." The Republicans soon called for legislation requiring all unions to inform their members of political uses of their forced union dues. Clinton made it clear that he would veto such a law. Again, "anti-union." Now you have an idea what Gore was talking about. DEMOCRATS AND UNIONS – MADE FOR EACH OTHER It is certainly not surprising that labor unions have found an ideological home in the Democratic Party. This isn't going to take many words. It's just too simple to be made complex. Both labor unions and the Democratic Party appeal to people who are afraid and unprepared to face the cold, cruel world on their own. People who value independence and liberty want no part of either. …. AND THEN THERE'S THE GOVERNMENT ANGLE There is only one segment of our society where union membership is on the rise. That segment is government. Unions know that Democrats are far more likely to grow government, and hence union membership, than are Republicans. There --- that wasn't too hard, was it?