How can you make the comment about the Republicans attacking a Democratic power base without making the logical point that there is something wrong with the way the unions pay into Democratic coffers, get their increases in pay and benefits when these people are elected, specifically by taking that money from the citizens. That’s a huge conflict of interest and amounts to a huge payola scam. Public Sector unions are huge political players, and get to basically influence elections to decide who their bosses and what their compensation packages will be. How is it not scandalous that there is this huge conflict of interest, and even by removing collective bargaining, they still get a special set of protections that we non-government employees don’t get, namely Civil Service protections.