Call to Action: No New Taxes on Our Benefits
09-28-2011, 12:01 PM
#11
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While I am an ALPA member in good standing, I am often confused how spending a sh!t load of our dues getting the current administration elected, now they are sorry what they wished for...??? I am grateful for anything they have done for me and they (I think) are grateful for what I have done for them but, whose side are they on??? FWIW
09-28-2011, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by 727574drvr
While I am an ALPA member in good standing, I am often confused how spending a sh!t load of our dues getting the current administration elected, now they are sorry what they wished for...??? I am grateful for anything they have done for me and they (I think) are grateful for what I have done for them but, whose side are they on??? FWIW
09-28-2011, 03:44 PM
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Another chance to talk about heavy lifting
Originally Posted by HazCan
There is ZERO dues money that goes to get ANYONE elected. The PAC is a different story.
09-28-2011, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by FDXLAG
Zero is a strong word. I believe the union is free to spend dues money on "membership education". I'll bet the education money probably favors a particular party by about the same 87% as the PAC money.
09-28-2011, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by HazCan
Got anything to back that up? Zero is a strong word and I stand by it. ZERO dues money goes to any political candidate.
Call the union and ask them "Can Alpa spend dues money to educate members and their families during an election?" Dont forget your original quote was "There is ZERO dues money that goes to get ANYONE elected."
Take a look at the glossy mag from 2004 or 2008. Think that was paid for with PAC money?
09-29-2011, 07:28 AM
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ALPA involvement in tax issues
Originally Posted by bemak
My first question was "Why is ALPA committing precious resources to a generic topic?" Obviously it affects all of those lucky enough to enjoy health care benefits, but it seems that I would want that much lower on a list of priorities for a union dealing with only pilots, and pilot issues. Again, it is of concern to about 200 million citizens, but ALPA? There is only so much time and money, but then again if that is what ALPA pilots want to fight, so be it.
Disclaimer - I belong to another union.
Disclaimer - I belong to another union.
Too bad that you don't get that the purpose of a union is to work to protect not only your career, but also your lifestyle. Any effort taken to control the absurd "spend, then tax" mentality in Washington has my full support.
10-03-2011, 08:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Perm11FO
Seems to me that this is an issue that I WANT a mass response to, rather than sitting quietly on the sidelines and letting the mor*ns in Washington s(&$@#)rew us in new and evermore interesting ways. ALPA's PAC donations will probably cover most, if not all of the expense of lobbying against this further effort to "make all animals equal, but some are more equal than others." The PAC is designed to do just this kind of thing.
Too bad that you don't get that the purpose of a union is to work to protect not only your career, but also your lifestyle. Any effort taken to control the absurd "spend, then tax" mentality in Washington has my full support.
Too bad that you don't get that the purpose of a union is to work to protect not only your career, but also your lifestyle. Any effort taken to control the absurd "spend, then tax" mentality in Washington has my full support.
10-04-2011, 04:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Perm11FO
Too bad that you don't get that the purpose of a union is to work to protect not only your career, but also your lifestyle.
If they were truly concerned about my "lifestlyle" (and not just my dues money) they would have supported a candidate that didn't have "I'm here to redistribute the wealth" blatantly painted across his forehead. Now ALPA seems shocked and surprised that he is actually trying to make "all animals equal"....
10-04-2011, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by HerkDriver
If that was ALPA's concern, why did they back the guy sitting in the White House in the first place? Even my 11 yr old son could see that this guy wasn't qualified to be in the Oval Office.
If they were truly concerned about my "lifestlyle" (and not just my dues money) they would have supported a candidate that didn't have "I'm here to redistribute the wealth" blatantly painted across his forehead. Now ALPA seems shocked and surprised that he is actually trying to make "all animals equal"....
If they were truly concerned about my "lifestlyle" (and not just my dues money) they would have supported a candidate that didn't have "I'm here to redistribute the wealth" blatantly painted across his forehead. Now ALPA seems shocked and surprised that he is actually trying to make "all animals equal"....
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