[familyop]

"No doubt some of our FReeper friends will reactively echo the points and positions expressed in pro-union rant above."

Of course. It's the single demographic prevailing in all political parties: the political/regulator class, with its government-derived incomes that enable so much time and money for politics.

Heavy Hitters: Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2014
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php
American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $60,949,129 [Democrat] 81% [Republican] 1%”

Leviathan (Uncle Sam employs more people than you think)
National Review ^ | 02/03/2011 | Iain Murray
"...nearly 40 million Americans employed in some way by government."

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Exactly.

If Public Sector Unions are prevented from automatically deducting “dues” from millions and millions of government employee paychecks - and put into the hands of the Democrat Party Machine - there will be hell to pay.