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You tell me what you need, and I’ll get it for you. Remember, I can only get things for you if you keep me in position to be able to do that.

Such is the relationship of public employee unions with politicians.

Virginia, having turned 100% Democratically controlled state government, is following the tried and true means to consolidate power. They are about to legalize collective bargaining for public employees cementing the symbiotic (nefarious?) relationship between public employee unions and Democrat politicians As is the case in Illinois, New York, and Connecticut, states with strong legislation favoring public employee unions, the noose of excessive financial obligations will tighten through law making it that much more difficult to redress. Unions will get out the vote for the Democrats and they in turn, will pass laws that continue to feather the bed of the unions and their members.

What do these three states have in common? All three are seeing net loss in residents. All three have unfunded pension obligations that threaten their very financial existence. All three have decaying cities that require more and more intervention to merely stay afloat. All three have failing schools despite increasing costs. All three have crumbling infrastructure. Why then would Virginians want to follow this path?

The Virginia voting public is now made up of more public employees. Folks who escaped the high living cost of DC and moved to the ”suburbs” now hold a larger share of the voting public.  Seeing where their bread is buttered made it easy for them to throw their lot in with the Democrat politicians. Once entrenched, those not in public unions, are at the mercy of this voting bloc. Ask those folks what they think of allowing public employees to bargain with politicians for compensation and working conditions.  But you better be quick. A lot of them are hightailing it to Florida or Texas.