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<blockquote data-quote="Redtag" data-source="post: 5578934" data-attributes="member: 70933">You really believe that the florida Republicans are concerned with the miniscule costs associated with collecting dues while they are throwing away tens of millions if not hundreds of millions in taxpayer money with these stupid Disney lawsuits.Ok to answer your question&nbsp; as a Massachusetts taxpayer I have zero problem with the tiny amount it costs to transfer money over to our state employee unions.&nbsp; It&#039;s a non factor in the budget,and to be honest I have zero problem with honoring the retirement obligations for our state workers as well.As I posted earlier, I was a gov. Union employee and I know first hand that the conservative talking points about public sector employees are BS..I am quite involved in the IAM union here in Massachusetts and I can tell you for certain that even in liberal states like Massachusetts politicians are not terribly friendly to us. They cry poor mouth and look for consessions much like UPS does.&nbsp;&nbsp; Hell gov. Healy just screwed us by not supporting the teachers union strike, after we backed her. Anyway, she is still way better than gov. Baker (R) that tried to destroy the MBTA ( the transit authority) and put my IAM brothers and sisters out of work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Redtag, post: 5578934, member: 70933"] You really believe that the florida Republicans are concerned with the miniscule costs associated with collecting dues while they are throwing away tens of millions if not hundreds of millions in taxpayer money with these stupid Disney lawsuits. Ok to answer your question as a Massachusetts taxpayer I have zero problem with the tiny amount it costs to transfer money over to our state employee unions. It's a non factor in the budget,and to be honest I have zero problem with honoring the retirement obligations for our state workers as well. As I posted earlier, I was a gov. Union employee and I know first hand that the conservative talking points about public sector employees are BS.. I am quite involved in the IAM union here in Massachusetts and I can tell you for certain that even in liberal states like Massachusetts politicians are not terribly friendly to us. They cry poor mouth and look for consessions much like UPS does. Hell gov. Healy just screwed us by not supporting the teachers union strike, after we backed her. Anyway, she is still way better than gov. Baker (R) that tried to destroy the MBTA ( the transit authority) and put my IAM brothers and sisters out of work. [/QUOTE]

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