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From: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Spot the difference
Message-ID: <475@looking.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 5-Jan-86 11:37:40 EST
Article-I.D.: looking.475
Posted: Sun Jan  5 11:37:40 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 6-Jan-86 03:27:40 EST
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Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Distribution: can
Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd. Waterloo, Ontario
Lines: 24
Keywords: company, union, inflammatory, capitalist
Summary: 

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>I wouldn't cry too much if both unions and companies weren't allowed to 
>make political contributions. 
>
>  Donald Acton

Hah!  I can just see the government passing legislation forbidding
contributions to political parties!  It's about as likely as true free trade.

Talk about conflict of interest.  Why are political parties allowed to write
the laws about contributions to political parties?  Perhaps only independent
members of the house should be allowed to vote on this bill?


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Cynicism aside, companies make their contributions with their own money,
which we can assume is fairly won and theirs to do with as they see fit.
Unions spend the money of their members, many of whom are members because
they have no other choice.  Now, you shouldn't be allowed to do anything
(particularly fund political campaigns) with another person's money without
their consent, in some fairly express manner.  It's time for the closed
shop to end, or to prove its merits without the special protection of law.
-- 
Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473