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You need to go to Amazon or a local bookstore and buy "Plunder" by Steve Greenhut.
Did you know that the impending San Diego bankruptcy is due to the sweetheart union contracts with massive benefit and pension increases without a dime of new revenues to pay for them?
Did you know the impending bankruptcy of Orange County is due to a 25% increase in the pension of government workers without a dime of new revenues?
Did you know that the cost of government construction, with union monopoly clauses, add 15-20% to the cost of the project and zero to the quality of the project?
Did you know that unless a teacher in government schools pay a bribe ("dues") to a union they are not allowed to teach. And a terrible teacher, as long as they pay a bribe, will have the union protect their job, even at the expense of educating children?
Did you know that the unions provide mandatory (they call them "volunteers") to campaign? Did you know that union dues go to the election of officials who will vote on contracts? In the real world that is called a conflict of interest, but permitted under the law.
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Did you know that the impending San Diego bankruptcy is due to the sweetheart union contracts with massive benefit and pension increases without a dime of new revenues to pay for them?
Did you know the impending bankruptcy of Orange County is due to a 25% increase in the pension of government workers without a dime of new revenues?
Did you know that the cost of government construction, with union monopoly clauses, add 15-20% to the cost of the project and zero to the quality of the project?
Did you know that unless a teacher in government schools pay a bribe ("dues") to a union they are not allowed to teach. And a terrible teacher, as long as they pay a bribe, will have the union protect their job, even at the expense of educating children?
Did you know that the unions provide mandatory (they call them "volunteers") to campaign? Did you know that union dues go to the election of officials who will vote on contracts? In the real world that is called a conflict of interest, but permitted under the law.
As Greenhut notes, "As I document in my new book, Plunder!, government employees of all stripes have manipulated the system to spike their pensions. Because California bases pensions for employees on their final year's salary, some workers move to other jurisdictions for just that final year to increase their pay and thus the pension. Even government employees convicted of on-the-job crimes continue to collect benefits."
Steve Greenhut has written a book of tales, terror and fiscal corruption--all by unions that represent, by force, workers for government. This is a book to give for the holidays--then in the new year get active in local politics and end the stranglehold of unions over your family and community.More...
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