Originally Posted by eweissenbach

Another poster said they got the same letter. Apparently they edited it out.

It is a voluntary donation though. I would expect that those making the big bucks in Morseland would want to keep on his good side though and make a sizable contribution.

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

It is a voluntary donation though. I would expect that those making the big bucks in Morseland would want to keep on his good side though and make a sizable contribution.

Make that a "voluntary" donation! Kinda like "Hello and welcome to the annual employee meeting, would everyone who doesn't like working here please stand up?"

whole diatribe of the letter writer makes me glad i don't eat ice cream! [unless i can't help myself when at ambrosia's, lsl]

Originally Posted by njbchbum

whole diatribe of the letter writer makes me glad i don't eat ice cream! [unless i can't help myself when at ambrosia's, lsl]

So you would choose where to get your goods and services based on politics rather that value and quality?

So you would choose where to get your goods and services based on politics rather that value and quality?

I know you did not ask me but my answer is YES.

It is called protest, (without living in tents and crapping all over the place and burning stuff that is).

Originally Posted by notlongnow

I know you did not ask me but my answer is YES.

It is called protest, (without living in tents and crapping all over the place and burning stuff that is).

So protest is good - unless it is someone else's cause?

That is one difference between working for a private company and a government job.

When I worked for the Federal government in Washington DC, it was 100% illegal to ask for political donations of anyone or to even wear a campaign button when on the job. This was the Hatch Act. No matter whose administration it was in, this was very strictly enforced.

One of my co-workers had a funny campaign poster he had gotten from a friend. It was for a Sheriff in some Southern state like Mississippi and the candidate's name was "Bubba" something and the picture on the poster showed a stereotypical Southern Sheriff. My co-worker was told this was a violation of the Hatch Act (even though he had it up only for humor) and he had to remove it immediately.

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Originally Posted by notlongnow
I know you did not ask me but my answer is YES.

It is called protest, (without living in tents and crapping all over the place and burning stuff that is).

Originally Posted by eweissenbach
So protest is good - unless it is someone else's cause? __________________

Boy, I need to not leave so much space between my lines because you will fill them right in!
(this space reserved for what I mean not what you think I mean)
I have no problem with protest. I have a problem with destruction of public and private property and just general lawlessness, I don't know like maybe rape and theft and health risk. I think that is just bad behaivior.
Not buying from someone or not going to a movie or not using their service is voting with your bank account and not destroying stuff.
So do you think any kind of protest is Okay?

I have no problem with an economic protest of a product, service, or store when I believe they have done something politically wrong or irresponsible in some way. The economic protest like that is called a "boycott" and it is felt when enough people feel the same way and refuse to buy from the store or manufacturer.

Originally Posted by eweissenbach

Make that a "voluntary" donation! Kinda like "Hello and welcome to the annual employee meeting, would everyone who doesn't like working here please stand up?"

You think Morse is "requesting" that his employees show him a canceled check or something?

Or do you think he's traveling around with a "Romney Donation" bucket?

Originally Posted by RichieLion

You think Morse is "requesting" that his employees show him a canceled check or something?

Or do you think he's traveling around with a "Romney Donation" bucket?

Let's review the O.P.s link shall we? According to the person who submitted this the letter from Morse stated:

Enclosed is a postage paid envelope for your contribution along with a simple form that must accompany your gift. We will gather all of these forms and contributions and present them to Mitt and Ann ... letting them know that "The Villages family" is "all in" as we work together to change the future of our nation!

In other words, yes the employees need to show "him" (the organization) the form and the check apparently.

Originally Posted by eweissenbach

Let's review the O.P.s link shall we? According to the person who submitted this the letter from Morse stated:

Enclosed is a postage paid envelope for your contribution along with a simple form that must accompany your gift. We will gather all of these forms and contributions and present them to Mitt and Ann ... letting them know that "The Villages family" is "all in" as we work together to change the future of our nation!

In other words, yes the employees need to show "him" (the organization) the form and the check apparently.

I guess It kind of went in "one ear and out the other". It didn't register with me. I'm sorry about that slip up.

This is kind of a sleazy thing to do. Even as a Romney supporter, I have to agree with you on this now.

My husband was a Suburban Chicago firefighter (good, solid union job) in our previous life. I don't recall us ever receiving any requests for Presidential campaign contributions from either side.

After reading all the above posts, I want to ask this question. If you had a job and your employer sent you a letter requesting you to contribute to Obama's Presidential campaign fund....be honest....would you resent it? Would you contribute? Would you fear for your job if you didn't?

Originally Posted by debzaranti

My husband was a Suburban Chicago firefighter (good, solid union job) in our previous life. I don't recall us ever receiving any requests for Presidential campaign contributions from either side.

After reading all the above posts, I want to ask this question. If you had a job and your employer sent you a letter requesting you to contribute to Obama's Presidential campaign fund....be honest....would you resent it? Would you contribute? Would you fear for your job if you didn't?

Your husband had no say in where his dues went as a political contribution at all !!!

HOWEVER, to directly answer your question, I would NOT contribute in anyway and easy to say when retired but would not fear for my job because if proven I lost my job for that reason...well, you understand.

All of this and I still have difficulty believing this entire story. Sorry, that is not a defense of The Villages, Gary Morse, but just a logical response to me....everyone going off on a posting by someone you dont know on a blog in todays age is just a bit questionable, to me anyway !

Originally Posted by debzaranti

My husband was a Suburban Chicago firefighter (good, solid union job) in our previous life. I don't recall us ever receiving any requests for Presidential campaign contributions from either side.

After reading all the above posts, I want to ask this question. If you had a job and your employer sent you a letter requesting you to contribute to Obama's Presidential campaign fund....be honest....would you resent it? Would you contribute? Would you fear for your job if you didn't?

My union is and was always far more supportive of Democrat candidates. I was very involved in local union activities and was one who could be counted on without question when manpower was needed.

Everyone who knew me knew my political views, which by the way, were held by more than a few other Teamsters. It was never an issue and never kept me from being instrumental in my union's activities.