SEIU wrong on I-1501

Popular political speech says the rich must pay their ‘fair share’, yet no one defines ‘fair share’; they just continue this chant. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said, “Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth”.

Labor bosses, through Democrat politicians, now ‘manage’ our economy through increased taxes and regulations. Initiative 1501, written by master manipulators and promoted by union bosses, is the worst economic initiative ever brought to Washington voters.

The US Supreme Court says citizens who care for family, using state funds to help with this work, do not have to belong to a labor union; 7,000 care providers have opted out of union membership. The final clause in the initiative explanation says, “and exempts certain information of vulnerable individuals and in-home care givers from public disclosure.” Labor bosses wants this information kept from organizations which expose labor tactics. With public money comes an obligation to provide public information. The Freedom Foundation has cost SEIU Washington about $8.1 million in court costs and labor dues losses; Freedom Foundation gives care providers a choice; a choice that will disappear with the passing of this initiative. This initiative muzzles the Freedom Foundation from providing public transparency of union tactics. Union bosses want voters to give them the power that the courts and the legislature refuses to give them. Using the scare tactic of identity theft is contemptuous. Vote no!

Vote wisely because once a law is on the books, it’s almost impossible to repeal.

This story was originally published November 1, 2016 at 8:39 AM with the headline "SEIU wrong on I-1501."