Dr. Oz rips the mask off of the shocking union power grab happening in New York City.
The city’s biggest service union is now unionizing “personal care workers” — turning what families used to do for free into a massive taxpayer-funded jobs program with clear political strings attached.
He said the scheme is already on his radar, and the anti-fraud task force is looking into it.
OZ: “The federal government is paying people to do things normally your family would do for you with no money.”
“Now you’re not unemployed, you’re getting income. I’m taxing that income for the state.”
“And here’s the part that’s really bothering me. I’ve just found out that they’re beginning to unionize these personal care services.”
“So the big union here, the service union, 1199, is unionizing these personal care services.”
“It will double the size of the union. And we’re concerned about political patronage.”
“Are you really interested in taking care of folks who need help or trying to stay out of the hospital or nursing homes? Or is this a jobs program with a political patronage kicker that can help keep money flowing to the political parties?”
“We cannot allow this to happen. And the president and the vice president, who leads the the White House anti-fraud task force, aren’t going to tolerate it.”
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