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The Costly Impact of Unions on the Government

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    FBN’s Lou Dobbs on the financial impact on the government of public sector unions.

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Or new book has shot to the top of the best seller list it's on its way and it's just come out.

Union boss -- Democratic Party leaders by the way aren't too thrilled about this new book.

That's because there are eight point three million government workers.

In in the country eight point.

Three million up.

-- box and they make more money and work lives the private sector -- Plain statement of fact.

And you -- taxpayers all of us are paying for the time that they spend.

Listen to be please.

We're paying for the time they spend working on union related matters that is in union speak called released time.

-- Cummings.

Doesn't release.

Time.

It amounts true.

Amazingly.

-- -- three.

Million.

Man hours.

And it's effectively a tax payers some city of public employee unions to the tune the long run.

Billion.

Dollars.

A year release release the taxpayer money.

It's incredible.

This will please you too.

Nearly half a million.

Half a million.

Federal employee.

That's one in -- Are also compensated.

I think that one -- And rural.

Workers.

That's -- employees.

And that.

Half a million folks.

Make an accents -- -- of 100000.

Dollars.

-- years.

Egypt and they receive up to two and a half months two and a half months.

Time -- each year but bigger public employee union boss is really.

Well.

It's really the pinnacle of at all the union bosses make on average.

Ten times.

And acts.

But their members make.

The president of the American federation of state county and municipal employees union by the way.

The the union.

Makes.

Just 555.

Thousand dollars.

A year.

550 -- thousand dollars.

The presidents of the National Education Association.

The NEA.

The the federation.

The American Federation of Teachers.

-- -- That.

They're they're -- for 400 grand a year.

And teachers union is Robert professors were rarely -- go to.

Teachers unions.

Overall -- more than two.

Two -- just -- us.

Teachers unions -- -- two.

Billion.

Dollars.

In dues.

Each year.

Think of -- two billion dollars in groups.

-- that money.

Is going to liberal politicians.

Well for example President Obama his signature health care law designed to unionize.

Says this new book -- one million health care workers.

When they -- and one million.

Health care were.

This is starting to come together for everybody this would start to see this web of interest and direction.

And why because for every.

Million.

Of these workers.

Unionized in the 27 non.

Right to work states.

Unions stand to -- -- billion.

Dollars in -- You get the feeling that there's a little at stake here.

When we talk about Obama care health care workers unionizing as many as 21.

Million.

Health care workers.

What are trying to catch your breath after taking a look at these numbers.

Get ready to meet the author of the new book -- boss.

Mallory factor is the author.

But first we want to explain the numbers at the bottom of the chalk board report report -- this 28.

That's the percent of Latinos.

28%.

Of Latinos who say they -- back governor Romney in the new Wall Street Journal -- BC poll 28%.

The Republicans by the way.

Are working with 38%.

This zero.

It is the amount of support the governor Romney received from black.

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