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Thread #119733   Message #2599450
Posted By: JohnInKansas
28-Mar-09 - 04:59 PM
Thread Name: BS: Dble Standards= Banks to PAC Donations
Subject: RE: BS: Dble Standards= Banks to PAC Donations
Ebbie -

The hand that got the money was the corporate hand.

The hand that made the donations was on a separate body consisting of a group of citizens exercising their right to support politicians of their own free choice, who coincidentally happen to be employed by the corporate body.

In the strictest sense of the "theory" behind employee PACs, refusing to accept support from individuals who happen to work for a company that received bailout funds is somewhat akin to denying any employee of such companies the right to vote in the next election.

Just as the company cannot (legally) tell employees who to vote for, the company cannot (legally) tell an employee PAC who to contribute to - or who not to give funds to. Only (in some places) labor unions, and (almost everywhere) churches are permitted such influence.

[Note that this is only in theory(?)]

John