Public Unions: The ‘Big Dog’ - HUMAN EVENTS

Public employee unions are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on political campaigns while estimates of underfunded rank-and-file public employee pension plans reach a staggering $3 trillion dollars.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) has to date spent $87.5 million this election cycle, according a Wall Street Journal report, and has spent a total of nearly $360 million since the 1997-98 election cycle.

'We're the big dog,' said Larry Scanlon, the head of AFSCME's political operations. 'But we don't like to brag.'"