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So its documented. >> this is good. >> on the right wing republican stage. i read this article by nick kristoff the other day. ive always believed even tow there are crazy work force rules and things like unions have been excessive, mica i have always believed that the decline of the middle class could be tied to the decline of unions. when you have 7%. 8% of the work force in unions when you have ceo pay going up to record heights, you will have a hollowing out of the middle class. thats one of...

>> but there were a number of forces at work. >> look at rhode island. look where unions have been the strongest. look at the shuttered factories. im not being anti-union here. im pro-union. i want factories in connecticut, in rhode island, in massachusetts, across new england reopened. but the jobs from overseas, theyre not going there. theyre not going there because of work force rules that i think even trump told me were outdated and outmoded. >> is our education system outdated? >> no. >> ou...

Or not. >> right. >> i asked bob riley, ive said this 1,000 times, it seems extraordinarily important if youre a union member in the northeast, and like me, you want your factories running again. i asked bob riley, i dont understand, why did mercedes go to tuscaloosa county, alabama, instead of filling up the factories in connecticut? 15 minutes away from yale. or in rhode island. 20 minutes away from brown. i mean, right by some of the most highly trained, brilliant minds in the world. thats ea...

>>d piece of it or smaller piece of it? >> they are a material piece of it. a lot of it is historic practices. >> its a little bit like, if you tied mikes leg to willies leg and tell mem to run a race together, what would happen? >> that would be attractive. germany is dragging them along. they are not able to compete. talk asterty and growth but they have to be competitive. >> you can compare, lets say rhode island, which has a work force rules and high taxes with say south carolina where bmw -...

The rules in new jersey are written in ways that advantage that. >> do you see why some are trying to get rid of it? >> i think governor walker is being disingenuous and opportunist. hes not including the police and fire. he was offered concessions that i was salivating over looking from new jersey. we have to find a way to have sensible rules, level the playing field. the work rules, i remember governor rendell telling me about this in philadelphia with his unions. i have detectives and my gang...