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Wisconsin. madison, wisconsin, where the governor, he took a union busting bill and put it out and made it law of the land today. he is about to sign it. i think he is going to do it tomorrow so he can get exactly one more day of press coverage. the wisconsin assembly forced it through late this afternoon and walker vowed to sign it. the governor says this is a victory for the middle class. >> thats what this bill is about. its about reform. its about making sure we can put people to work, save ...

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This is the school that i went to. im so proud to be here tonight. these folks are middle class americans. they sit behind me tonight watching this program. theyre going to communicate with us later. i think they are the fabric of this community. but of course this is my high school. why wouldnt i say that. its a privilege to be here. it was a privilege to attend this school. a public school. i also had the privilege to learn from talented public school teachers. and in the argument thats taking...

>> absolutely not. >> how do you engage in debate? >> i think we talk a great deal about money. we should be talking about power as well. the union is extremely dictatorial. >> donald, is this appropriate? >> i think the hyperbole on the left is hypocritical. we had our president say we need to ratchet down this rhetoric. as soon as something the left disagrees with, bam it is up there and not a word from our leader. >> you think the rhetoric is appropriate? >> everybody is screaming about the b...

>> chris: you say this is not about the unions. this is about balancing the budget but the opposition says this is about union busting. so lets take a look at what is in your plan. because beyond making public workers pay more for benefits. it would allow unions to negotiate only over wages, not benefits or work rules. state would no longer collect union dues and unions would have to win an election every year to keep representing workers. isnt that union busting? >> no, absolutely not. our beli...

Asking for. -- there was an article today about that. saying this is not what theyve asked the governor for. it is far greater. >> three years ago we had 18 employees in the field now we have six. theres not enough work in construction in the state in our area. >> who is responsible? >> part of it is the economy. the economy is too many broke states. the government is broke. the federal government is broke. >> is wisconsin break? >> yes. >> one thing we agree on. why is wisconsin broke? >> doyle...

You see, he has a $137 million shortfall in the current budget and refuses to raise taxes to solve the problem. instead, walker announced $300 million in cuts to state workers. he wants wisconsin public employees to contribute 5.8% of their pay to their pensions and 12.6% of the cost of their health care premiums. well, this will cost -- really will take thousands of dollars out of the pockets of wisconsin public school teachers and dont let me knock you over they make whopping on average $51,00...

Takenners but not so much for union demonstrators, prounion demonstrators. >> bill: thats a matter of opinion. people are entitled to put forth their point of view. >> correct. >> bill: what we are trying to get here, colmes, i will speak very closely. >> please do and spell it out for me. >> bill: is it this kind of interruption, fox lies to the correspondents, the whole nation just saw, does that help the state union? >> no. >> bill: yes or no. >> it does not help. its not about fox. that is n...

Asking for. -- there was an article today about that. saying this is not what theyve asked the governor for. it is far greater. >> three years ago we had 18 employees in the field now we have six. theres not enough work in construction in the state in our area. >> who is responsible? >> part of it is the economy. the economy is too many broke states. the government is broke. the federal government is broke. >> is wisconsin break? >> yes. >> one thing we agree on. why is wisconsin broke? >> doyle...