Will Prop 75 have an impact? In Utah, they passed a similar law and found political participation drop from 68% to 7% and in Washington 80% to 11%. The key point to notice is that again, union leadership did not speak for the constituents.
In California, the teachers' union spent 60 million between 2000 to 2004 on political campaigns for its 335,000. That's $36,000 per member per year. What do you think would happen to the quality of education and the happiness of teacher had the union put $36,000 in a retirement account for each member every year?
How about this? What if they union took half $18,000 per member and placed that in a retirement account, and spent the rest on political causes? I don't necessarily support that, but it's staggering to think about the possibilities.
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