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>> nicole writes extensively on the roots of americas economic problems. >> it is not like you are the boss of ford -- they dont want to pay the union members too much because it comes out of their own pockets. thats not true with government. >> furthermore, strikes by public employees like police, firefighters and teachers would be, quote, unthinkable and intolerable. but it was within a couple of decades that his democratic heirs decided the political up side of public-sector unions was worth ...

Another democrat, worried about re-election. president john f. kennedy. >> president kennedy sees how this carried wagoner to victory and he issues an executive order allowing the unionization of federal employees. state and local governments picked this up as a cue and you have the rapid growth of public-sector unions across the country. >> the story of fred segall of the manhattan institute says the new unions almost invariably work to elect democrats. >> the unions get pay increases, pension ...

going broke, reporting from wall street in new york city, heres bret baier. >> this hour, we are going to take you inside an alarming trend. cities that have slid deep into debt, even bankruptcy. new yorks not on that list today, but for a number of other reasons, we begin our report from this spot, americas financial nerve center. the first reason is simple. some of the nations most desperate cities are in trouble because of the millions they have borrowed from wall street. we saw tha...

accomplish. >> fox news reporting, cities going broke, reporting from wall street in new york city, heres bret baier. >> this hour, we are going to take you inside an alarming trend. cities that have slid deep into debt, even bankruptcy. new yorks not on that list today, but for a number of other reasons, we begin our report from this spot, americas financial nerve center. the first reason is simple. some of the nations most desperate cities are in trouble because of the millions they ...

two fronts. meanwhile, protests against the law are growing across the country, from los angeles to new york. >> and lawyers for the state were in federal court, arguing that the more controversial aspects of the law be enforced. a ruling is expected soon. brad wheelis has more. >> go home. go home. >> reporter: the state of arizona, thursday, asked an appeals court to lift a judges order, locking most of senate bill 1070s power to stop immigration and demand to see their papers. >> th...