political power. why shouldn t workers have the choice of saying i ll pay an extra thousand dollars a year in deuce, if you want to play politics, union leaders, or i want to keep the money. why not give them a choice? and you know the issue too here, stuart, the taxpayer is always the afterthought. they aren t really up front and center what the hits are to the taxpayer for the exploding lofts. you see it in stockton, california, in detroit, in rhode island with even the capital state drowning in red ink. where does it stop? in wisconsin the governor did exempt cops and firefighters as he gave that as sort of a way to get the unions to come to the table. there you have it. he did that as a political payback. come on. all right. telling apple it must hire low income folks before it gets a tax break. the cash it in gang looking into what some are calling a government shakedown.