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We pay 8.5% one of the highest in the country and for years government didnt make their pension contributions. and were concerned on where its going to go. you know, were concerned about our retirements and taking care of our families into retirement. >> officer wieners, he says your union is trying to divide the middle class, trying to destroy the middle class. what is your response to that? >> well, thats, you know, hes got the pulpit. hes a bully. there is absolutely no truth to this. you kno...

Posed. should you take away -- will you favor or disfavor of taking away collective bargaining when it comes to salaries for government workers? 61% in favor of taking away, 33% opposed. >> hold it right there. you dont think a union person behind the scenes made a mistake on the graphic, do you? no, no way. they would have got it right. later, mead came back and corrected the record. to be fair. then this afternoon shepard smith proved bill oreilly correct once again by actually having the guts...

Should you take away -- will you favor or disfavor of taking away collective bargaining when it comes to salaries for government workers? 61% in favor of taking away, 33% opposed. >> hold it right there. you dont think a union person behind the scenes made a mistake on the graphic, do you? no, no way. they would have got it right. later, mead came back and corrected the record. to be fair. then this afternoon shepard smith proved bill oreilly correct once again by actually having the guts to rep...

Next question, got another shot at this year. all right, vancouver ranks as the most livable city in the world. what u.s. city ranks the highest? so youve got choices here, a, pittsburgh, b, new york, c, honolulu, d, charlotte? >> i live in new york, so its not new york. i do love pittsburgh, but its not pittsburgh. d, charlotte. >> d, charlotte, okay, lets see. >> oh, pittsburgh! >> im so sorry to all the pittsburghians. sorry. >> they love pittsburgh there. i wouldnt have guessed that one. but...

There, because they dont have health insurance. we increased that by another $20 million. were investing in some of the priorities we need to. but at the same time, spending is lower than our budget this year than last year. were cutting out the underbrush and got to get these benefits and pensions under control. one way or the other. >> the question identive been g about wisconsin has to do with leadership. and the at tributes are being able to deliver the truth, but also being fair. are you as...

Investors will get a sense of the state of 2010s fourth quarter economy with the release of gross domestic product data on friday. with the rumbling in the middle east combined with the price of gas at the pump, energy stocks are sure not to fall too low this week. the average price of a gallon of regular in the united states jumped more than five cents over the last two weeks to a national average of $3.18 a gallon. billings, montana had the lowest average price among cities surveyed at $2.95. ...

Revolution, some are shank by the events. joining me live from washington, ali, good to have you with us. the saudis share borders with bahrain and yemen how nervous are they about whats happening as they watch what is taking place throughout the middle east? >> saudi monarchy is extremely worried and nervous about whats happening in the middle east in egypt, tunisia. of course even more what is happening in ba inrain and yemen because theyre bordering countries. theyre re-evaluating their optio...

>> hes putting up straw men. the governor tried to run this through. he never negotiated with the unions in the first place. never sat down and said look, what can we do here? number one. number two, they tried to ram this bill through. the senators have every right to stop this process. if the only way they can stop it is being out of state, thats okay. and look, collective bargaining isnt the root of the problem. theyre trying to say that municipalities and cities wont be able to cut costs the...

Spending cuts, connecticut governor dan maloy is slashing spending for sure but proposing major tax hikes on incomes and a wide range of products and services. julie banderas is live in new york. >> julie: and per capita highest in the nation, he is trying something new to balance the budget. dan maloy is proposing $1.5 billion in tax hikes for more income sales and gas taxes to cigarettes, alcohol, haircuts and even higher pet taxes, pet grooming taxes are going up. he is making $2 billion in s...

Not -- >> bill: is there corporate taxes? >> corporate taxes, absolutely. this is the guy who is going to be the friend of business, right? >> bill: is imposing taxes on the corporations, oil, gas and insurance. they going to pass it on to the consumer i assume. that is what they always do? >> absolutely. one of the things about the high tax rate we pay in this country which is one of the highest in the world but the reality is those taxes flow through to the consumer and that adds to our tax bu...