A new study demonstrates why the union bosses have never found a new government program they didn’t like – and why Big Labor spends hundreds of millions of dollars pushing for bloated bureaucracies like ObamaCare.

According to a National Institute for Labor Relations Research study, in 2008 and the first 11 months of 2009, unionized private-sector workers lost their jobs at more than double the rate of their private-sector non-unionized colleagues.

And now, for the first time ever, more than half of our nation’s government workers are under union boss monopoly bargaining control.

The union bosses are losing ranks in the private sector, but their forced dues empire continues to grow at a disastrous pace thanks to the growth of government.

As NILRR explains, “Today Big Government, not the private sector, is Big Labor’s bread and butter.”

Bigger government. Higher taxes. It all means more forced dues for Big Labor.

Click here to read the study.

A recurring theme, revisited.

If you think we’ve got problems with our healthcare system now, just wait until you see what your government has in store for you . . .

President Obama is pushing nationalized health insurance via the so-called public option, which is the first step toward socialized medicine.

All Republicans and at least a few Senate Democrats will vote against this now. But the compromise legislation will almost certainly include a “trigger” to adopt the public option in just a few years!

This is a sneaky backdoor way into socialized medicine.

This “trigger” will force the establishment of a government-run plan after the insurance companies fail to meet impossibly high standards for expanded coverage and reduced costs.

And that opens the door for the government takeover!

The loons behind this scheme actually believe a government takeover of healthcare will lower costs, even as it improves quality and expands coverage to all!

Of course that’s impossible, and Medicare should be the obvious proof of that!

In 1966, Medicare and Medicaid made up 1% of total government spending. Today, that figure is 20% and rising fast.

At this rate, Medicare will be broke by 2017, and any expansion of government-run healthcare will bring about the bankruptcy sooner. Unless of course:

• Taxes are raised much higher
• Healthcare is rationed
• Quality of healthcare is lowered

Get ready for all of the above. Because that’s exactly what they have in Canada, Britain, France, and every other country with a government-run healthcare system.