Shadowbosses: Government Unions Control America and Rob Taxpayers Blind Read Online Free

have had to seek out new frontiers.
    They’ve found their frontier—it’s our government. 29 In this book, you’ll learn how unions now hold power over our government workers at the federal, state, and local levels. You’ll learn how these unions are destroying our rule of law and free elections, you’ll find out why Obama is the perfect partner for government employee unions, and you’ll learn how the teachers unions control America’s classrooms in all fifty states. You’ll discover what it’s like to be a member of a government employee union—what the union does
for you
and what it does
to you
. You’ll also learn why government employee unions spend so much of their dues income on politics and about the corruption and coercion within the unions themselves. You’ll find out what’s coming next—how their ultimate goal is to make
you
a member of a government employee union, with or without your permission, and how they intend to stop any politicians or groups that oppose them.
    You may recall the philosopher’s stone, the elusive substance that was believed by the ancients to be able to turn metal into gold. For the labor unions, it’s no myth: government employee unions are the philosopher’s stone, turning government employees into gold for the labor union movement. All they have to do is continue to mobilize the net “pie” recipients to support their agenda and elect their candidates.
    For the past half century, they’ve been winning. Unions’ power and privilege has always ratcheted up, never down—“toward greater union power, never less.” 30
    Our job is to reverse that pattern.
    As President Ronald Reagan wrote in 1985, “Someone must
stand up
to those who say, ‘Here’s the key, there’s the Treasury, just take as many of those hard-earned tax dollars as you want.’ ” 31 If there has ever been a time in our history to stand up for the American taxpayer against government employee unions, it is now.
    Let’s get started.

CHAPTER 1
Meet the Shadowbosses
    The scorpion wanted to cross a river, but he was a poor swimmer. So he begged a nearby frog for a ride across the river.
    “Why would I let you ride on my back?” the frog responded. “You are a scorpion and surely will sting me.”
    “If I were to sting you,” the scorpion replied haughtily, “we’d both drown, since I can’t swim.”
    The frog saw the logic of the situation and agreed. The scorpion crawled aboard the frog’s back, and they started across the river.
    Halfway across, the scorpion stung the frog.
    As the paralyzed frog began to sink, he turned to the scorpion, bewildered. “Why would you do that?” he asked. “You fool! Now we’ll both drown.”
    “I am a scorpion,” the scorpion answered. “It is my nature to sting.”
    And they both drowned.
    T ODAY, we’re the frog. Government employee unions are the scorpions. If we allow them to stay on our backs much longer, they will sting us and we will all drown. And, like the trusting frog, we’re letting them.
    Government employee unions should be expected to do what these unions do—demand more and more from our government until they bankrupt our nation and us. And our job is to refuse them. It is up tous to save our poor nation from the scorpion’s sting that we all know is coming in the middle of the river.

Public Servants Become Public Masters
    Two generations ago, there were public-minded government servants. Most government employees took real pride in their work. Their common goal was to build and staff a government that served the people well.
    Before government employee unions came on the scene, government employees understood that service meant sacrifice in terms of pay. Sure, you wouldn’t get rich working a government job, but you’d have a lifetime job with a good pension at the end, and you’d get to make a difference. Working for the government was a privilege, and you were really working for your fellow citizens. But now far fewer