Re: Clear Channel PAC

["Aaron [Bishop] Read" <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 03:28 PM 6/9/2002, Dan Billings wrote:
>What beans would there be to spill?  Most large
>corporations have PACs.  Under federal law, corporate
>money can't be given to federal candidates so the PACs
>have to raise money from their employees.  With the
>ban on soft money (aka corporate money) contributions
>to political parties, PACs will play a bigger role in
>the process.  It is not surprising that a company
>dependent on federal licenses would want to be in a
>position to make contributions to candidates.
>
>-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine

I imagine it's only a matter of time before some company starts withhold 
employee money with or without the employees' consent* and the employees 
get miffed enough by the idea of their paycheck going to support things 
they don't necessarily agree with...and you'll see a nice high-profile 1st 
amendment lawsuit.  Well, perhaps not a First Amendment but a lawsuit 
certainly.

* means that it might be "voluntary" in that it's "voluntary" for the 
employee to work there in the first place, if you know what I mean.  Sort 
of like how anyone can be critical of WBUR's management, just don't expect 
to ever set foot in the station again if you do.

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