 tell me again why union membership is down  unions bosses like bob king sure have their thumb on the pulse of america  don t they the real problem the united auto workers president says is not a shortage of resources but that the country is leaving those resources in private pockets higher taxes king says will fuel an economic boom alleviate social misery and bring fairness to our land he also claims that america is not broke i suppose being dozens of trillions of dollars in the whole is not that bad for a liberal who thinks we are just a corporate jet tax away from balancing the budget in fact america is broke as mark steyn puts it we are the brokest nation in history greece and ireland two european economies in meltdown status have nothing on us they are just billions in the hole ha billions amateurs even jennifer granholm put michigan over a billion in debt and she hardly even tried a green jobs program here a jobscrushing business tax there and you can hit the billion mark quite easily but back to the illustrious mr king s remarks he claims that the real problem is money is in the pockets of private citizens not government bureaucrats if only you would fork over more of your hardearned cash the union would be saved i ll bet both he and obama would love to implement president roosevelt s proposal of a 995 tax on incomes over 100000 his reasoning why not sounds very obamaesque doesn t it so what would you do if say we had a 995 tax on incomes over 100000 and you got a raise to 110000 the scraps of that income bump would be enough for a few meals at mcdonald s but not much more but we are approaching the to each according to his needs method of governing and when the government arrives to give you what it think you need hold onto not only your wallet but your house your furniture and your meds  