 how to make a union cry as i was walking near the capitol yesterday i had to maneuver through union protesters who had been bussed in en masse to show their unhappiness with plans to hellip do something one thing most michigan politicians know is to not touch the benefits of union employees no matter how financially unsound those plans may be otherwise you will get a capitol lawn full of people angrily demanding their right to pay dues to union thugs who will do something with that money but unions which were vital to protecting the safety of working early last century have long since passed a point of usefulness the seiu at well over 2 million members dr evil laughter protect health care workers janitors and government workers those professions don t involve the risk of being ground up by large machinery on a factory floor because of unsafe working conditions the biggest danger most of the seiu members is carpel tunnel syndrome does this require sending a chunk of their paychecks to people who are going to embezzle their money the real reason for the existence of the unions in this day is to give money to democrats who then use the money besides buying vacation home in the dominican republic a la charles rangel to give union employees sweetheart deals with taxpayer money henry payne puts it this way what every democrat knows is that the source of democratic power in this country comes from union dues extracted from union members increasingly employed in government and then recycled back into political campaigns and collective bargaining negotiations to make unions ever more powerful it s a nice racket except that is was unsustainable thus the explosion of protests in wisconsin and the rumbles of protest in michigan you don t mess with union benefits because that hurts democrats you certainly don t become a right to work state because that also hurts democrats why send some of your money to union thugs when you don t have to whatever happens in the final bill i applaud governors snyder and walker wisconsin for their pushes against the status quo whenever you have unions sending in their members to complain loudly you know you are on the right track  