Public unions have no place in America

My fellow Americans, this public union stuff is pretty simple. Public unions bargain with all citizens (including themselves) that provide the tax revenues that pay their wages and benefits. So every dollar that goes to a public sector union employee comes out of the citizens’ pockets.

Democrats love public sector unions because upward of 90 percent of campaign contributions from public unions go to their party. Union leadership takes the dues it collects and funnels a generous portion to Democrats. What do Democrats do? They pass legislation wherever and whenever they can to provide more wages and benefits to union members! What a sweet deal.

In the end taxpayers support the Democratic Party. Don’t you see the tremendous conflict of interest? What has this gotten us? It’s contributed to a multitrillion-dollar deficit that our kids and their kids will never pay off.

I’m all for collective bargaining in the private sector, but as past U.S. presidents, and many others have stated, it has no place in the public sector where the unions are bargaining for wages and benefits coming out of our pockets. And to add insult to injury, a good portion of the money goes to Democrats who over time continue to give public union employees more and more of our hard-earned money. That should make every nonpublic union citizen outraged!

I encourage you to do your homework and not listen to sound bites and determine if this is how you want your taxes spent.

Jeff Gorden

Elk Grove Village