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Public Unions take in around 2 billion dollars a year in dues paid by employees which ultimately came from the taxpayer

Public Unions; what’s the big deal anyway?



Public Unions; what’s the big deal anyway? Well, here is the big deal. Public employees as we all know derive their paycheck ultimately from the taxpayer. Union dues are pulled directly out of the employees’ paycheck and in some States without choice to the employee. These are not small numbers either. Public Unions take in around 2 billion dollars a year in dues paid by employees which ultimately came from the taxpayer.

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Unions typically take the dues paid by public employees that originated from the taxpayer and use that money to campaign or lobby against their government employer, which is the taxpayer, for even more money. In many cases, the person who is arbitrating on behalf of the Union is also on the school board or serves in some other public capacity. If he is a Democrat, and he most likely is, he probably got elected with huge amounts of money and support from the Unions. The money the Unions spent to help elect this candidate came from dues, which originated from taxpayers in the first place. The end result is that Public Unions become a financial arm of the Democratic Party. So to follow the money, public funds are spent on employees labor then paid in dues by employees to Unions and then spent on a Democratic candidate who is elected to advance even further the Unions at the expense of the Taxpayer.

There is a place for Unions in the private sector. The Public sector is a completely different ballgame

There is a place for Unions in the private sector. The Public sector is a completely different ballgame. The way to manage the workplace environment for government employees is through the legislative process. That is how our republic works. If you are among the 7% of Government employees within the nation and you want a raise, then you must convince the taxpayers, by that I mean the voters, that your skills and services are necessary and worth what they are willing to pay. That compromise is made in the legislative bodies in open forum and debate within our government, not within the backroom deals between Union bosses and politicians haggling over money that neither had to pay into. I have heard it said several times in the last few weeks that people are trying to take away the “right of collective bargaining” from public employees. What is that “right”? Do Public employees somehow have more of a right than the taxpayer? When a taxpayer goes to the polls and votes a particular agenda of a particular candidate of his choosing, it is he who is engaging in his “right to collective bargaining”. Public employees have that same “right” and no other. Their being employees does not somehow grant them additional rights that the taxpayer does not possess. Public Employees serve at the will of the taxpayer and the voter. If the burden is more than the voter is willing to bear, it is always the “right” of the voter and citizen to remove that burden. It is the Taxpayer and citizen, through their elected representative who decide which services will be provided to the public and what that cost will be. It is not now in principle, nor should it ever be in reality, up to an unelected Union boss to decide anything for the taxpayers. Otherwise, we no longer have a Democratic Constitutional Republic. Neither Unions, their bosses, nor the collective bargaining voice of the 7% of public employees in the entire nation have any perceived or real “right” to hold citizens’ hostage for benefits or retirement or even a job. Imagine what our country might look like if the 7% of all public employees were allowed to go on strike and make demands on the citizens? Two Percent of that 7% are military. Should the military be allowed to collectively bargain for benefits and retirement? How would you feel as a taxpayer if you saw the military “marching” on Capitol Hill and making demands from the taxpayers? I recognize that that is an extreme example. In theory however, it is the same argument and power that the Public Unions and many Public employees are now demanding. If this becomes the standard, are democracy and the rule of law even secure? If this becomes the standard is there anything that the UNELECTED public Unions could not demand upon the taxpayer or purchase from the politician? Christopher S. Watson, retired military after 18 years of service and 3 combat tours. However, I have never forgotten my oath. I tip my hat to all those who serve or have served before me and more especially so towards those who gave the last full measure for Freedom.


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