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Remember this is the guy that visits the white house mar than any other. andy stern. obamas newest appointee to the committee on fiscal reform. can someone explain to me how inviting the head of the union designed to help with the global worker is going to help the american worker? the president is wrong. he said that the worst is behind us. america, i beg you, i beg you, please, dont be frivolous with your money. please. the worst is still in front of us. there is a lot -- there is a huge mount...

Unions and government are part of the solution. but we need big answers, not small ones. worker of the world unite. its not just a slogan. its the way well have to do our work. >> glenn: what am i missing, america? please. how are people not getting this? how are your neighbors not getting this? andy stern shared the wealth and now the unions and their pensions are in jeopardy, because sharing the wealth, whether its at the barrel of a gun like maoist or end of baseball bat like unions, it doesn...

Middle line. the middle line chose the average trend. you see the union benefits are funded at 90% in 1996 when andy stern took over. may drop to 60% funded by 2006. its worse now. by the way, when you reach 65% on a chart like this, the government says youre critical. it means youre ready to fail. that is one thing the government understands really well. failure. i dont know about you, but i dont want andy stern on a panel to talk to us about our deficit and how to fix it. i have mean if he wan...

Commonwealth -- from maryland, hes kind of a centrist as opposed to nancy pelosi. he is floating the idea that if were going to pay down these deficits were going to probably have to raise taxes. now, theres an interesting item in "the hill" newspaper today, it says that obama has a target. he would like the deficits to be about 3% of -- >> ha. he should stop spending so much. >> he should. but get this, to get that money from those earning above $250,000 which is what the president says they wo...

Youve made all the progress you can make. so far away from the republic that you become this. were going to show you more on andy stern in a minute. but hes now the chief financial advisor and architect for the president on many of the things were doing. hes another guy. progressive. he said this -- >> there are opportunities in america to share better in the wealth, to rebalance the power and unions and government are part of the solution. >> glenn: government and union. they can rebalance the ...

Each and every transtactranszttn wall street. higher taxes, creating jobs. it doesnt work. so what is the real intent? andrew brightbart from brightbart.com brought this video to my attention. i have to show it to you. well show it all tomorrow. this is seiu president andy stern on the real motives of the unions. >> we are at historic cross roads, at the historic crossroad i think in my lifetime economically in terms of what a new president is going to do and different way to evaluate the econom...

Members to the national commission on fiscal responsibility and reform. surprise, surprise. seiu president andy stern was named. why should you be surprised? >> this was our moment, seiu. this is our time. if you keep marching with me and organizing with me and all the 50 states together you and i, we are going to change this country and we are going to change the world. >> glenn: he means that. stern said this is the chance to spur job growth, to talk about government-funded programs and "while...

Middle line. the middle line chose the average trend. you see the union benefits are funded at 90% in 1996 when andy stern took over. may drop to 60% funded by 2006. its worse now. by the way, when you reach 65% on a chart like this, the government says youre critical. it means youre ready to fail. that is one thing the government understands really well. failure. i dont know about you, but i dont want andy stern on a panel to talk to us about our deficit and how to fix it. i have mean if he wan...

File. and she gets fired because she doesnt show up to work one day and when she gets there the next day, she sleeps over at the hospital for the next snowstorm so it doesnt happen again. >> but there are patients that have obligations. >> the difference between two miles and five miles, to me, it seems arbitrary to a certain extent. >> how can it be arbitrary? >> and capricious. >> you dont know what capricious means? you dont know what capricious means! more importantly lets talk about caprici...

Members to the national commission on fiscal responsibility and reform. surprise, surprise. seiu president andy stern was named. why should you be surprised? >> this was our moment, seiu. this is our time. if you keep marching with me and organizing with me and all the 50 states together you and i, we are going to change this country and we are going to change the world. >> glenn: he means that. stern said this is the chance to spur job growth, to talk about government-funded programs and "while...