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>> the bottom line is nobody wants anything taken away but its unsustainable. in the private sector, i may get a salary freeze. same thing is happening to state workers. >> and thats just fine. there has to be personal responsibility and integrity in the system. >> and pensions, i mean, are unheard of in any other situations so you have to be rolled in, the promises that we cant keep. >> it has to be done wisely in a way thats more humane and hopefully the unions going forward can also learn fro...

Who just got the pink slip because of budget cuts in this state. are these teachers lying to me? >> there are very few less. in some cases individual school districts have found it unnecessary. >> i understand that you want to share the talking points that you and your colleagues have decided you want to say. be honest. this is the largest cut in education thats happened in the states history. in addition to that, things like milwaukee and other places have had huge effects. class sizes are larg...

Scheduled elections. why do you keep doing it this way? >>guest: this if not have to happen. i want to be clear. the public employ is in a day gave the governor every penny he wanted but that wasnt good enough he wanted to go after collective bargaining. the public employees helped the governor balance the budget. this would be no recalls and you would got be here if the governor did not move forward with the collective bargaining. >>neil: but it was just more about a longer term strategy. >>gue...

Milwaukee and other places have had huge effects. class sizes are larger. at least be honest. >> there are 2,000 less teachers. >> ive interviewed every superintendent in my area. not one superintendent said theres been any cut of nay nature. there are some districts in which enrollment is going down and enrollment is going down when somebody has been laid off. there are some district where is they decided to not have the teachers pay for their pensions. thats a matter of local control. >> rathe...

States history. in addition to that, things like milwaukee and other places have had huge effects. class sizes are larger. at least be honest. >> there are 2,000 less teachers. >> that is not true. i have interviewed every superintendent in my area. not one superintendent said theres been any cut of nay nature. there are some districts in which enrollment is going down and enrollment is going down when somebody has been laid off. there are some district where is they decided to not have the teac...

im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com wisconsin residents are voting right now on an extraordinary move to recall the governor scott walker and replace him with tom barrett. this election might be a sneak preview of the november press connection. the effort to get rid of walker was sparked by his move to get rid of collective bargaining rights for public employees. the state is split down the middle, the nasty battle against the tea par...

im erin burnett. we are getting exit polls from wisconsin where republican governor scott walker is fighting to keep his job in what likely is the most expensive recall election. the results of the election will say a lot about how the state and the country is going to go in november. that, of course, is the $64 trillion question. john king with the exit poll numbers. what is crossing right now? >> could be the $80 million question. the results are fascinating. we are going to be up la...

good evening, everyone. im erin burnett. outfront tonight, decision time. its the biggest and most important election before november 6th. and its getting started in just under 12 hours. wisconsin republican governor scott walker fighting what is probably going to end up being the most expensive, high-stakes recall election in american history. democrats want walker out after he and the republican-controlled legislature voted to strip union members of collective bargaining rights. reme...

november 6th and its getting started in just under 12 hours. wisconsin republican governor scott walker fighting what is probably going to end up being the most expensive, high-stakes recall election in american history. democrats want walker out after he and the republican-controlled legislature voted to strip union members of collective bargaining rights. remember all those pictures of just complete chaos in the state capitol? democrats accuse walker of waging a war on unions. republ...

Jose sets a pattern for the country. we stop laying off younger workers to pay very generous pensions for retirees. >> tomorrow really is kind of an inflection point. you have whats going on in san jose and whats going on in wisconsin. people are realizing i didnt realize what was going on at city hall. now i do. we cant afford that. >> same story, power of municipal unions and the generosity of pension payments. what are we going to do in the future? those two votes will be very indicative of t...