Reply #9: That's quite a bit different than protecting union members for votes

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And I say that as a single person. Believe me, every year when I go through open enrollment and see the benefit levels I wonder why it is legal for a company to say they'll pay me $3,000 in benes when I'm single or $16,000 in benes when I'm married with a kid. Yes, that is unfair. If they were doing this based on age or race it would be a major outrage, but since it's based on holy marital status it seems to be exempt from question or discussion.

I do not feel the government should effectively subsidize union benefits with special tax treatments.