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The demand for union dues from non-union members is nothing short of theft, and more than one Governor is putting a stop to it.

Editor's Notes: Here we have another Governor (other than Walker in Wisconsin) who is opposed to the collection of union dues from those who are NOT union members. Incredibly, this sort of thing is a campaign issue coming from the Democrats, who pretend that in this extortion effort, nothing short of legal theft, they are benefiting the Middle Class. Time for a change. This sort of thing is obviously wrong headed. If the GOP stands its ground on such matters, their success rate in national elections will only increase. Salute to the Illinois Governor.

WGNTV Bruce Rauner stepped up his campaign against government employee unions by eliminating so-called “fair share” dues paid by workers who don’t join a union.

The Republican said Monday he has signed an executive order erasing what he says is a “critical cog in the corrupt bargain crushing taxpayers.” or He says forcing non-union employees to pay union dues requires them to fund political activity they don’t agree with.

He says he took action after a U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last year that found the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act violated the First Amendment by mandating involuntary union dues.

Rauner has called for ending political contributions by unions.

Rauner’s executive order has no effect on those who wish to remain in unions.

If you are a teacher and member of the American Federation of Teachers, some of your $27 million in dues support Al Sharpton's divisive Black militancy and the Rainbow Coalition's effort to silence opposition speech, Really? THAT is the America you support?

$80,000 to National Public Pension Coalition, a lobbying group dedicated to fighting public pension reform
$75,000 to Human Rights Campaign, an activist group “working for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights”
$60,000 to Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund, a nonprofit allied with “progressive unions” and others to advance “racial and economic justice”
$50,000 to Center for American Progress, a “progressive” activist group formerly led by John Podesta, a senior adviser to President Obama
$50,000 to Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a “social justice” lobbying group
$25,000 to BlueGreen Alliance, a coalition of labor unions and environmentalist groups
$25,000 to Citizens for Tax Justice, an activist group devoted to higher taxes on corporations and the wealthy
$25,000 to union front group Jobs With Justice and another $10,200 to Jobs With Justice Education Fund
$25,000 to MSNBC host Al Sharpton’s National Action Network
$25,000 to Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow PUSH Coalition

AFT reported payments of $75,000 to left-wing think tank Public Policy and Education Fund of New York and $73,854 to community organizing group Recommit Wisconsin Project as representational expenses. Other AFT expenditures reported as Representational Activities included:

$50,000 to community organizing group Common Good Ohio
$40,000 to Campaign for America’s Future, “the strategy center for the progressive movement”
$30,000 to The Atlas Project, a group created “to help build the institutional memory of the progressive movement”

Source: Watchdog.org.

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Let's return the favor, shall we?

CLINTON: You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about. That’s why I believe if we are fortunate enough to win back the House and/or the senate, that’s when civility can start again. But until then, the only thing that the Republicans seem to recognize and respect is strength. And you heard how the Republican members led by Mitch McConnell, the president really demeaned the confirmation process.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."