The first sin is that the Gillard Government is spending more billions it doesn't have - and which others must later repay. The second is that it is spending those billions to help the unions propping up the Prime Minister: UNIONS are capitalising on the government's latest spending programs to launch membership drives that target more than 300,000 workers in another sign of the way federal policies are aiding union objectives. The campaigns urge workers to join a union to gain some of the $1.5 billion in taxpayer funds being spent on childcare and aged care in Labor's election-year promise to lift wages in both sectors. Employers fear conditions placed on the federal cash have given the unions a new way to build membership and issue wage claims because money will flow only to centres that sign enterprise bargaining agreements with their staff. The United Voice union is leading the campaign by telling workers to expect pay rises of up to $10,571 a year under the government schemes as long as they follow a three-step plan that starts with joining the union.