[scripter]

...INSTUCTED to donate a certain percentage of their paycheck to United Way.

In 1989 I worked for Amdahl Corp. The company desired a certain United Way award (can't remember what it was called) for reaching X number of employees giving to the United Way, and giving over a certain amount. I too was intructed to donate... or be fired. I asked to be fired but it never happened.

[Kuksool]

The United Way has a good extortion racket going on. Even if the local UW chapter cuts its ties to the Boy Scouts, I believe people can still donate to the Scouts through the UW by declaring the Scouts as the beneficiary. However, the UW would take a significant chuck of the donation to cover "administrative fees" for an outside group.