Unions gave a enormous sums money in the previous Presidential and Congressional campaigns.  The results of their efforts?  The UAW gets control of a car company, your tax money guarantees the UAW's golden parachute pension plans, SEIU supporting ACORN to help with the census, bidders for federal projects must pay prevailing union wage, the Employee Free Choice Act ("Card Check") is just a few votes shy in the Senate from being able to pass, and now this:

Unions' Health Benefits May Avoid Tax Under Proposal

While Obamacare will end up taxing your health benefits that you get through your job, the unions will not share in the fun of losing more money to Washington DC.  In fact, they're looking to exempt them entirely from such a health plan tax! 

So, DC can't get EFCA passed so why not make it as advantageous as possible to be a union member?  Divide and conquer.  DC already has the people angry at rich people, now they need them angered at their employers also.  According to policy making in DC, if you're union, you keep your job (with help of taxpayer money), keep your benefits (with help of taxpayer money and exemption from taxes), and are the preferred constituent in Washington.

Don't get us wrong, we're not entirely anti-union here.  Without the union, we wouldn't have the 40 hour work week, 8 hour work day, child labor laws, and some employee rights.  Also, many unions aren't greedy as some of the others; they just want job security - a tough thing to have in these economic times.  However, what is going on here is DC trying to pass EFCA piecemeal because they don't have the votes for the big package.  By the time we realize what has happened, it'll be too late and the damage will have been done.

So, if you lose your job soon, and you're not union worker, call Sen. Dick Durbin or Sen. Roland Burris and ask them when you can expect your government bailout/save.