RE: [lpsf-discuss] SFGate: Should we restrict political use of union dues?/Let unions decide how to use members' dues

If I were writing a letter to the editor, I would inform Mr. Steinberg
that the difference between the political influence of public service
union employees as opposed to HMOs, voucher advocates and gun
manufacturers is that the later organizations are tax payers and not tax
consumers.

As public service union employees are funded by taxes on the private
sector, it is certainly appropriate for the private sector to use money
and politics to influence the way public service unions operate. The
next step should be to deny public service employees the right to
strike.

Mike