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Medicare. you want to repeal medicare, maam? >> since last september when the president proposed his health plan, the clintons have campaigned for it. in almost every poll the plans popularity has plummeted. >> health care reform became a smoking ruin. it just crashed and burned. >> the administration officials acknowledge now it was a mistake when hillary clintons tk force drafted a health care bill in secret. then sprung it on congress. >> this had been the major issue they wanted to sell to t...

Loathed executive power. just a few years ago, and high stripped jim martin of his ability to hire people. what was known as the christmas massacre and tried to hire a bunch of republicans in office and right after the first of the year, the legislature passed a law allowing them to fire any state worker and teachers and cooks. if they had been hired in the last few years. this is crocodile tears and what happens when you have divided power in a state that since king georges time loathes executi...

Marriage for religious reasons. its possible the state couldnt punish a state worker who refuses to process paperwork on a name change following a gay marriage in another state. or a police officer who didnt want to police a same-sex wedding ceremony. this law provides those who want to discriminate protection from state laws. the bill is expected to come up for a vote within the next few weeks. joining me now is our rapid response panel, a daily columnist for the daily beast. and john fugelsang...

We see some of the highest paid state worker being the football coach or basketball coach? >> actually, in 39 of 50 states, the highest paid employee is the football coach or basketball coach. its about stanford, notre dame, northwestern. the ruling states that at public colleges the players have to go according to whatever those states labor laws are, so thats another crack at the ncaa cartel. theres this great line from the movie "millers crossing" you only run this town because the people thi...

Her father did. and we learned today even a state police officer showed up today at the familys previously scheduled visit with justina, a state worker demanding to know where justinas father was, because lou was not there today. the question is whether they are now trying to arrest him, possibly for violation of that gag order. joining me now, editor of the boston globe who has been doing unbelievable work on it. and the doctor who is a certified bio-chemical specialist, who specializes in the ...

Precedent. so i suspect there are ways in which it could rule in a less radical way. for example, it could say that these workers dont have to be deemed state workers, which would be slightly different from saying you are a state worker. you now have to pay into a union. so i suspect theyre going to look for a way to be less sweeping in their ruling. >> aside from this case, unions have been taking blows, as you mentioned, just by their membership across the board. also you have the boeing case ...

Highest paid person is either a football coach or a basketball coach. the highest paid state worker. so the states you see in blue are the only states where the highest paid state worker is not either the college basketball coach or the college football coach. all the rest of the country that you see there in orange and yellow, it is the coach of the state collect team, state college team, whos the highest paid state worker in the entire state. >> and if you think about it, part of that is becau...

We dont need sugar high economics. we dont need synthetic money creation. we need economic growth. we want wealth creation. we dont want to print money. we want opportunity and growth. >> one more note here about wisconsin. a judge there has struck down much of the state law championed by governor scott walker that virtually ended collective war beginning rights for most public workers. the law however remains largely in effect for state workers, but not for city, count city and school workers. ...

Explosive conclusion of the trial challenging pennsylvanias controversial voter i.d. law. it began six days ago with testimony from lead plaintiff 93-year-old vivette applewhite. she cant vote under the new law. she told me what is the faced in may. >> i think its because they dont want obama in there, so i think theyre doing something to keep the black people from having the right to vote. >> pennsylvanias one of 19 states to adopt new restrictions on voting since 2010. new testimony in this tr...

Because this could, perhaps, be a preview of coming attractions? >> the writing is on the wall for other cities and states in the same situation. that is pressed by obligations. this could push other cities over the brink into bankruptcy. >> like chicago? >> im not going to name names because i dont know their precise financial condition. suffice it to say that other cities are on the brink. now, if youre a retired state worker in a city or a state which is really under the gun financially, the ...