Kentucky passes bill telling unions how to spend voluntary dues—and House Speaker can’t explain why

(Republicans have no shame - in fact they revel in their hypocrisy. ---Bozo]

Rss@dailykos.com (david Akadjian) · Sunday, January 22, 2017, 9:26 pm

Remember when a conservative Supreme Court ruled that political contributions were speech, and therefore protected under the First Amendment?

Apparently what they meant was that contributions to Republicans were protected by the First Amendment—because the new Kentucky Congress recently passed a bill barring labor unions from using union dues to make political contributions.

Their argument used to be that this was because members had no choice in paying dues. However, the legislature also just passed a “right to work” bill that makes union dues voluntary.

So apparently what they mean is: Republican contributions good. Democratic contributions (by voluntary union dues)? Now illegal.

Kentucky Speaker of the House Jeff Hoover can’t even explain why in this excellent interview on a news show called Hey Kentucky!

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