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Unions who are exempted from this crackdown, cops, firefighters, and state troopers? >> whats the other thing about them? oh, those are the three exact unions that supported the republican governor in the last election. so they get taken care of. everybody else gets dismantled. that should have been the first hint that this maybe was about politics and not about a fiscal crisis. heres another hint. if this union busting thing thats on the table right now is all supposedly about fiscal realities,...

Bargaining for the health care and the pension benefits, and by the way, what governor walker was talking about is -- it would still allow teachers and firefighters and others to have much more generous pensions and medical benefits than most private sector workers get. but jenna, to your point, i do think youre going to see these kind of flare-ups really occur in many state capitols over the course of the next couple of months, as these new republican governors like scott walker in wisconsin ta...

Dealing with unions on these issues last 15 months. why is this so important? because its going to hero states. ohio has seen it. new jersey there are other states dealing with the same issue. president obama is weighing in on this issue in wisconsin as well saying that he sees it as union busting. more on this with the panel later. >> house republicans advance several major cuts to a spending plan for the second half of the fiscal year. two weeks from the day the government theoretically runs o...

The longer this goes on, the more it helps scott walker. >> brett: the 14 state senators that left and went to illinois to escape, to really prevent a quorum and delay this vote is being seen by union leaders as heroes. lets take a listen to one of them. >> when the governor is willing to sit down and try a consensus and take a look at the legislation and how it affects wisconsin. that is a great movement forward. that is what were waiting to see. >> brett: president obama said this may be about...

Republicans are saying there exists. >> well, its phony math by the governor. its a ginned up crisis. there is no budget crisis here this is a part of union busting, making class warfare a reality when it comes to economics of a budget. this is attacking the middle classers and letting the top two percenters go off scott-free. its wrong. hes funded by the coke brothers we going to document that on "the ed show" and well have people talking about what this real cut means to them and how theyre no...

Democrats cant be vocal about it, when are they going to do it? >> ed, i think the proof that this is about union busting is what we just heard from senator taylor. senator taylor said that the democrats in the senate are prepared to negotiate on the financial items. they are prepared to negotiate on how much an increase there might be in terms of public workers, contributions to their health premiums and to their pensions. theyre willing to talk about a possibility there on the numbers. but the...

Lawrence, you know, i think this is part of a much greater plan. i think this is not only about balancing a budget and theres a debate about whether there really is a budget crisis, but this is about union busting. and karl rove even said that yesterday, talking about how theyre trying to diminish the membership of unions around this country, and that, of course, would affect the pocketbooks of a lot of campaigns for the progressive movement. youre seeing this in ohio. youre going to see it in f...

This is about union busting is what we just heard from senator taylor. senator taylor said that the democrats in the senate are prepared to negotiate on the financial items. they are prepared to negotiate on how much an increase there might be in terms of public workers, contributions to their health premiums and to their pensions. theyre willing to talk about a possibility there on the numbers. but the thing that theyre stuck on is this absolute and strict limitation on what the union function ...

The union busting and the attempts to break up labor. 13 states are looking at paycheck deception type of legislation. three bills have already passed in oklahoma that are anti-worker. and now its into iowa. 12 states are dealing with right-to-work issues and five states with dues deduction issues, which is huge. and it is all about the money. and if there has ever been a group of people that get it, these people here in wisconsin get it. the focal point and the protesting is taking place here i...

Should the president even be sort of wading into this territory? >> well, a bit unusual. in this case justified, because as the president said, this really isnt assault on unions. one thing to negotiate over wages, talk about money. if you look at the quotes from some of the teachers who were there, thats what they said. fine. we can talk about that. had you want to try to give away, get rid of their right to collectively bargain that strikes up the essence of what the union is trying to do, an ...