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Conditions. this election in 2010 was all about the economy. it wasnt about going after teachers and police and firefighters. i had a round table today with a nurse, a teacher, firefighter, a police officer and a couple of others, a couple of other state workers. and, you know, it was interesting because the teacher said, one of the things they bargained over collectively is class size. and the police officer said one of the things that some police officers do is bargain over actually having bul...

Understand that budgets are in tough shapes. so what you see in wisconsin, what you see throughout the country is that whether its the furlough days or whether its looking and taking what is effectively pay cuts to pay more for health insurance, pay more for pensions, workers are stepping up and doing it. the issue here in wisconsin is not the budget. the workers have said theyre going to step up and share responsibility. the issue is whether or not they should have a voice and ultimately, a voi...

A police officer and a couple of others -- a couple of other state workers -- state workers. it was interesting because what the teacher said, one of the things they bargain over collectively is class size and the police officer said, one of the things that some police departments -- some police officers do is bargain over actually having bulletproof vests. so this is about safety. its about education. its not only about their wagesç its about lifting people in this country up. and thats what c...

Weve been talking a lot about wisconsin and the budget woes and how it could affect schools. well, education officials in michigan have okayed a plan that would call for drastic cuts. its an emergency restructuring that would wipe out the districts $327 million deficit by 2014. but it comes with a heavy price. half of the citys public schools would close, average high school class size would increase to 60 students per classroom. there would also be teacher layoffs, severe cuts to bus service, a...

Darling. brian, lets start with you. republicans go too far making $61 billion worth of cuts, make it untenable and unpassable? >> no, they didnt go far enough in my opinion. on the table were $100 billion in cuts. the republicans study committee offered an amendment to add over $30 billion in cuts which was rejected on the house floor. so this is a reasonable position for the house to take. the senate has chosen to go on vacation this week. so theyre going to come in the session next week with ...

Its more than reasonable the $62 billion. >> its perfectly reasonable. the senate should come back with the offer, do their work, have a debate and present something to the president and present something to the house. bottom line is democrats in the senate and the democrats have staked out an untenable position. they dont want to cut and the american people really want deep cuts in the federal budget. >> mark, final word? >> they do want spending cuts but you know what? they want to cut subsidi...

Need to balance our budget, in addition to having fewer teachers, were going to have to have a program to reduce the gap which will spread the pain across all agencies. i dont think we can afford to lose any teachers, but if we have to to balance our budget, were going to do with 6,000 fewer. >> while many people have been hurt by this, many for many teachers is seen as a direct assault. the head of the teachers union says the class size is 37 per class, levels not seen in three decades, it is s...

Theyre worried about loss of income now for the next couple days. theyre worried about loss of income in the future. and theyre worried about the students. there are teachers, you know, who knew that there would be people going to school today because they didnt get the message. they were worried about kids who were missing their education. but theyre worried about much, much bigger things than that. and there were thousands of people out here who understood the bigger picture. and theyre worrie...

In fact, members of the united federation. >> wove heads-up your group, your aim may conflict with their goals? >>guest: we are an independent voice for people to become involved in the policy discussion. sometimes or views are in alignment with the union and sometimes not. >> a 80,000 teachers in new york city ands governor has to cut but the union says dont cut education, that will hurt the students. raise taxes on the wealthy new yorkers. where do you stand on what education for, lens is -- e...

Income. theyre worried about loss of income now for the next couple days. theyre worried about loss of income in the future. and theyre worried about the students. there are teachers, you know, who knew that there would be people going to school today because they didnt get the message. they were worried about kids who were missing their education. but theyre worried about much, much bigger things than that. and there were thousands of people out here who understood the bigger picture. and theyr...