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>> weve already agreed on a state level to take the concessions that the for offered. everyone has to pitch in. we have a big budget problem and it needs to be fixed. but it has to be fixed not on the backs of the working people. everyone has to share in their responsibilities. >> sean: these are platitudes. 3.6 billion is a lot. you are a union guy. by the way, my father was a civil servant. do you have a problem when unions take rank and file money and spend it on political candidates and give...

This guy is trying to tackle a budget deficit of over 137 million dollars this year. hes trying to reform government. reform is painful but it needs to be done. >> i think it is sad. after what happened to congresswoman giffords, i thought both sides of the aisle called for civility. lets be human here. like you said, when it affects them it is like okay, im a union guy you are effecting it is okay to say it is time to get a little bloody lets fight this. >> sean: there was widespread condemnati...

The democratic party and many liberals want strict worker protections and entitlements. republicans and many conservatives say the nation cannot afford to pay lavish entitlements and that the union system is rigged in favor of the democratic party. in the middle of all of this, is me. a union guy. and im trying very hard to cover the story in a fair and balanced way. because its my job to look out for all the working americans, whether they are unionized or not. up to this point on the factor we...

The democratic party and many liberals want strict worker protections and entitlements. republicans and many conservatives say the nation cannot afford to pay lavish entitlements and that the union system is rigged in favor of the democratic party. in the middle of all of this, is me. a union guy. and im trying very hard to cover the story in a fair and balanced way. because its my job to look out for all the working americans, whether they are unionized or not. up to this point on the factor we...

The democratic party and many liberals want strict worker protections and entitlements. republicans and many conservatives say the nation cannot afford to pay lavish entitlements and that the union system is rigged in favor of the democratic party. in the middle of all of this, is me. a union guy. and im trying very hard to cover the story in a fair and balanced way. because its my job to look out for all the working americans, whether they are unionized or not. up to this point on the factor we...

Understand the weight of this issue? >> the answer is some do, some dont. the reason i was so upset about this recent tax agreement that the president negotiated with the republicans, is its part of this whole process, by which you give tax breaks to the rich and then youre going to cut back on programs desperately needed by working families and the middle class. there are a lot of folks that say, it doesnt impact me, im not a union guy, im not a teacher, im not a civil servant, it doesnt matter...

Situation in the context of the kind of sacrifice youre asking from the public-sector employee unions? >> first off, one thing youre wrong about, we didnt cut corporate taxes. we cut -- we said if you come in from another state and you havent paid taxes, if you havent done work in the state, well give you a two-year break if you bring your jobs in. our number-one priority is showing that wisconsin is open for business to put more people to work. we reduced the birden and the impact of taxes. we ...

>> bill: you could be wrong. >> i could be but we will see. its not because people are against unions. if they get the facts, what the governor is asking them to do is to go from contributing 5% to 12%. its not a big deal. >> bill: those give backs are going to harassment the overarch is the governor wants his state of wisconsin to be a right-to-work state. thats what he wants. he wants to gut the union. >> why does he want to be a right-to-work state? >> bill: better for business. >> senator da...

The union people. you firmly believe that, right? >> i do. >> bill: you could be wrong. >> i could be but we will see. its not because people are against unions. if they get the facts, what the governor is asking them to do is to go from contributing 5% to 12%. its not a big deal. >> bill: those give backs are going to harassment the overarch is the governor wants his state of wisconsin to be a right-to-work state. thats what he wants. he wants to gut the union. >> why does he want to be a right...

Change the corporate tax structure. had you a democratic congress, a democratic house and a democratic senate and did you nada on it and now you are blaming the wall street people. come on. >> bill, no one is blaming them. what im saying is that the 35% corporate tax can be reduced to 28%. what has to happen is that when we start cutting out the unfair privileges that are in that tax code is that that you hear from the u.s. chamber of commerce. >> bill: so what? beat them. >> its not going to be...