They don't hand you cash? They control your income. PO the leadership, and find you get passed over, etc.They have no way of knowing how you vote, but unionized workers have a an incentive to at least publicly toe the union line or face "unofficial" sanction.
Unions give billions to the democrats, and they do so because they expect to have their way. IF individuals had to donate, the dems would get somewhat less, AND the unions would not be in the position they are to literally dictate policy to the democrats. They can for the same reason texas exerts disproportionate influence on text books. Since the money comes in a huge pile. Sell the union leadership that you will do their bidding, collect a huge sum.
Frankly I don't have a problem with it as long as the rules are exactly the same for everyone, and it is transparent (same for everyone means that if "union" or "business" is even mentioned in a law it's clearly biased. One law for all contributions. A simple law that any one of us should be able to memorize and read back verbatim—more complicated than that means it's designed to hide stuff.
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