Ever thought that dues for unions are like a tax, taxes that come out of the workers’ paychecks to pay for representation? And what do these workers get in return? Matt Patterson Executive Director at the Center for Worker Freedom wrote commentary about this very issue that was featured in the Detroit Free Press on Sunday.  Below is an excerpt:

Union dues are a tax.

Matt Patterson on Fox New Special Report discussing the Volkswagen Chattanooga Vote

In an excellent article for RealClearMarkets, economist Diana Furchtgott-Roth speculates as to the real reason Volkswagen seems to be bending over backward to help the UAW into its Chattanooga facility, despite the fact that unionization would increase labor costs and hurt productivity:  IG Metall, the industrial union that controls the company's Works Council back in Germany.  

A win for the UAW, she notes, would also be a win for Metall, even if it means a loss for the plant itself:

Hello Mr. King. My name is Matt. You don’t know me, but I feel we are connected. You see, I am one of the taxpayers whose money was used to bail out the auto industry in 2009.

You remember that, don’t you? Something like $60 billion of our money that President Barack Obama used to prop up Chrysler and General Motors. You know those companies right?  During the bailout your union was given 1/6th ownership of GM, if I am not mistaken.