tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post133681571318621603..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: NOT PJ: Electoral Finance ReactPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-49879876520566443552009-10-04T00:01:03.481+13:002009-10-04T00:01:03.481+13:00Well Bernie, you could've been a tad more tran...Well Bernie, you could've been a tad more transparent about what happened to the Darnton vs Clark cash once the court case fell through.<br /><br />Pharisaical libz.Reggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03787232901306353713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-57520999359124168382009-10-02T15:08:09.524+13:002009-10-02T15:08:09.524+13:00Sinner, don't worry about the unions. Let them...<i> Sinner, don't worry about the unions. Let them spend whatever they like saying whatever they like. All that is necessary is that that freedom of association is upheld. </i><br /><br /><br><br /><br />Well I mostly agree with this - but only if you remove all the special protections unions have in our current laws. In other words, as Perigo might put it: remove all union and employment legislation and repair to racketeering and criminal conspiracy legislation. <br /><br /><br><br /><br />When there are civil and criminal penalties for witholding labour (breach of employment contracts); for conspiring to damage employer's businesses; for conspiring to increase the price of labour, etc then I agree: we don't need special union laws or exemptions in the EFA and elsewhere.<br /><br /><br><br /><br />Of course - in such a legal framework <b>unions as we know it could not exist</b> so it is rather a moot point.Sinnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-29321491730004762512009-10-02T08:21:29.084+13:002009-10-02T08:21:29.084+13:00Why not repair to what Perigo recommends? I mean,...Why not repair to what Perigo recommends? I mean, it's so bleeding obvious. Just let people say what they want and distribute their ideas by whatever means they like. Hardly difficult. Really easy to oversee (of course, that's it! You don't have to expend ANY effort or resource overseeing ANYTHING!). And that's likely the point. <br /><br />There is no need to oversee or regulate anything here. None. <br /><br />No need for a commisar of electoral finance. <br /><br />No need for a second secretariat of electoral broadcast suitability. <br /><br />No need for any of these stacks of shit. None necessary. <br /><br />Simple. <br /><br />Easy.<br /><br />LGM <br /><br />PS. Sinner, don't worry about the unions. Let them spend whatever they like saying whatever they like. All that is necessary is that that freedom of association is upheld. Beyond that they can sing arias from helicopters. It simply isn't anyone's business to oversee them, just as it isn't anyone's business to oversee another peron's opinions/speech either.LGMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-86438234645678392392009-10-01T17:03:03.735+13:002009-10-01T17:03:03.735+13:00All a pretty good plan - except for one thing.
If...All a pretty good plan - except for one thing.<br /><br />If unions etc and the labour movement have not been disestablished before this bill passes <b>then the bill must include explicit spending provisions banning their contributions to any political cause whatsoever</b>Sinnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-23379468097328237042009-10-01T13:15:33.361+13:002009-10-01T13:15:33.361+13:00Exactly what I thought, too, Sean!Exactly what I thought, too, Sean!Susnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-37273990572134563182009-10-01T12:03:00.205+13:002009-10-01T12:03:00.205+13:00"If it was a person you’d insulate its house ..."If it was a person you’d insulate its house and pay it to breed."<br /><br />Superb.Sean Fitzpatricknoreply@blogger.com