Because public sector employees are forced to join their respective union, and union dues are automatically deducted from their paycheck, it stands to reason that preserving public sector workers, preserves the unions. Limbaugh arrives at his number by watching the flow of money through the funnel. And to take it one step further, we can also extrapolate that the stimulus money was in essence the government paying the government. Because once the union coffers were filled, they had the funds necessary to fund Democratic candidates in the 2010 elections.
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