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Proposition 32 – Unions get the short end of the stick

Proposition 32 is on the ballot for the November election. It deals with campaign contributions and labor unions. The proposition is also known as the Paycheck Protection Initiative.

The initiative cuts back on unions’ ability to contribute to political campaigns. The proposition is specifically aimed at the California election system.

Unions have traditionally supported Democratic candidates and causes so it comes as no surprise that the major supporters of this proposition are Republicans.

The proposition takes power from unions and leaves it in the hands of corporations. The wording of the initiative makes it seem as if unions are taking money from employees and giving it away to unions.

As if union members are forced to donate their money to things they don’t support.

The initiative also creates more red tape for a political system that has already fallen behind in its work and is seen by many as the worst type of bureaucracy.

The last thing California politics need is more useless busy work in enforcing laws that will do nothing but silence voter voices.

The initiative focuses on union monetary contributions but doesn’t mention millionaires who use their money for slick campaign ads who use their cash to further their own political agendas.

Unions are a way for the have-nots to let their voice be heard against the haves and this proposition works to silence many of those voices.

This will mark the third time Californians vote on similar propositions, which begs the question “are we voting on the same things year after year?”

Some organizations have called these the “zombie propositions” Because they refuse to die.

Voters simply need to continue voting “no” on these propositions election after election because if unions lose the right to contribute to campaigns, the common man slowly loses the ability to be counted by big government.

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