Talk about taxation without representation!

I taught school for several years, and actually joined the union because I felt that I needed the legal protection it offered. My district teacher's association is a good group, and tries to do what it was chartered for. My state group is more liberal, but still not radical. But the idea that part of my dues went to the NEA made me sick. I didnt know until after I left the teaching profession that I didnt have to allow any of my dues to go to the NEA. I beleive that if this fact was better known, they would lose much of their membership and, consequently, money.