Want another reason why public sector unions are unconstitutional? Look no further than the National Treasury Employees Union. Why in the world does the IRS, which has been targeting conservatives, pro-Israel groups and religious Christian groups need union representation? Is the big, bad government going to ‘suppress the wages’ of these already overpaid hacks? Liberty Unyielding has a summary of some of the National Treasury Employees Union waste:
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While Congress takes its five-week vacation, the hard partisan work continues at the National Treasury Employees Union, subsidized by taxpayers.
The Washington Times reported this week that the Internal Revenue Service provides government salaries, office space, and equipment to NTEU operatives, who ostensibly represent 92,000 IRS employees.
The IRS’ deputy commissioner calculates these union workers spent 573,319 hours in 2012 on NTEU business. That’s the equivalent of 286 full-time employees doing nothing but union labor.
Additionally, the union spent $687,400 on travel — also on the taxpayers’ tab. And who can forget the $4.1 million Star Trek-themed “training” session in Las Vegas four years ago?
On top of the ongoing outlays of time and money, there’s the politics of it all. Ninety-four percent of NTEU campaign contributions go to Democrats. For whatever reason, Republicans go along for the ride.
“The union naturally wants greater benefits, bigger salaries and more handsome bonuses, so Congress pays the union to do it,” the Times reported.