Tuesday, July 10, 2012
"The Bell Tolls for the Government Unions"
That being said, as more of the public becomes aware of the money trail, union support is sure to diminish...
Pat Buchanan expresses his opinion at Townhall.com:
"When union leaders put piles of cash into political campaigns, and union bosses then sit down to bargain with the people they have just put into office, who represents the public? Is there not an inherent conflict of interest when unions literally purchase with campaign contributions the election of officials with whom they are to negotiate the new contracts for their members? There are other reasons public-employee unions are losing public support. The pay and benefits of federal employees are twice that of the average private-sector worker, while the pay and benefits of state employees are half again as high. And government workers enjoy a job security few private-sector workers ever know. Unionized government workers are seen by almost no one as victims. Yet their numbers are huge. Where there were twice as many Americans working in manufacturing as in government in 1960, today the reverse is true. We have 22 million workers in government and 11 million in manufacturing."