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Guy. this is about the abuses of the system at the high end of the system. this is people taking advantage of the system to give themselves six-figure pensions, this is about people retiring in their mid 50s for their lives on the states dime. this is totally and completely unsustainable. it is our kids and the future generations of this country that are going to pay the price for it. >> sean: thats the information every taxpayener every school district in every state and city needs to know abou...

Of the atlantic. it is about doing the right thing. you said the word austerity. people spin it to mean different things. but there has been a general e55 fanny by the public. we have gotten over the guilt trip -- do you want to take money from your kids teachers and short-change the policemen and the firemen? people say, we love the civil servants, but we cant deal with a nation where the public sector worker makes more than i work, where the pensions are lavish and guaranteed, where bad worker...

Guy. this is about the abuses of the system at the high end of the system. this is people taking advantage of the system to give themselves six-figure pensions, this is about people retiring in their mid 50s for their lives on the states dime. this is totally and completely unsustainable. it is our kids and the future generations of this country that are going to pay the price for it. >> sean: thats the information every taxpayener every school district in every state and city needs to know abou...

Us. we are all investors in the system because there is no chapter 11 insolvency like united airlines. if a public pensions plan goes bankrupt, its the taxpayers that are left with a massive bailout. >> sean: you are saying its overly inflated and generous and the taxpayers would be shocked and there would be an uprising so they refous to give you the information? >> you bet! we have had to seesue them with the attorney general. this is transparent information, this is a battle for transparency,...

Guy. this is about the abuses of the system at the high end of the system. this is people taking advantage of the system to give themselves six-figure pensions, this is about people retiring in their mid 50s for their lives on the states dime. this is totally and completely unsustainable. it is our kids and the future generations of this country that are going to pay the price for it. >> sean: thats the information every taxpayener every school district in every state and city needs to know abou...

Of the atlantic. it is about doing the right thing. you said the word austerity. people spin it to mean different things. but there has been a general e55 fanny by the public. we have gotten over the guilt trip -- do you want to take money from your kids teachers and short-change the policemen and the firemen? people say, we love the civil servants, but we cant deal with a nation where the public sector worker makes more than i work, where the pensions are lavish and guaranteed, where bad worker...

Us. we are all investors in the system because there is no chapter 11 insolvency like united airlines. if a public pensions plan goes bankrupt, its the taxpayers that are left with a massive bailout. >> sean: you are saying its overly inflated and generous and the taxpayers would be shocked and there would be an uprising so they refous to give you the information? >> you bet! we have had to seesue them with the attorney general. this is transparent information, this is a battle for transparency,...

Public opinion is turning against the unions. these were the two most aggressive pension reforms and basically, union reforms that weve seen and there was a thumbs up from the voters, in san diego and san jose. >> did you ever notice before the debate, dagen, and when we were doing this, youre taking firefighters pensions away andmans pensions away. no, youre asking them to kick in more. and that it would still be much less than what private workers have to kick in. and this would extend to heal...