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Say okay, lets do the money thing. you get the money thing, governor, but collective bargaining has got to be off the table. and the governor proved today to these protesters it is not about the money, it is about breaking down the unions. i have to take issue with what senator grossman says, he says it is about the work rules. all of those things are gotiated and thats all the employees want of this state. now, the total number of employees this would affect in the state is 175,000. i dont know...

Choice. why is this so necessary? >> for us, were broke, just like nearly have state across the country. >> reporter: just as republicans prepared to pass the bill, key democrats left the state to stall the vote. capitol police were looking for them. >> we hope that we are in a place that wed be hard for them to find. >> reporter: what really upset state workers is a budget that strips away nearly all of their union bargaining rights over health care, pension and work rules. any wage increase be...

Creativity and innovation. thats what work rules are about. its a fight that should be taken on at this point. >> if they dont do it, i hate to go back to gm again. gm workers had the same dilemma. they were promised these things. in the end thats basically what bankrupted that company these unfunded pension and health care liabilities at gm. they were overwhelming the basic business of gm. you can choose to confront it or not but youll have to pay the piper at some point. >> well be following t...

Go to illinois where theres $5 billion in arrears. these states are broken. we need to be more fiscally sponges fr responsible. not just at the state level but federal level. >> let me ask you. one thought i had is that if it was just about the health and pension adjustments which democratic governors are pursuing in other states i get the feeling that this wouldnt have been viewed as a total war. going after the collective bargaining power which is what scott walk terrify republican governor ha...

Breast feed. we are talking about a problem that is specifically in the black communities. so for you to change federal law and i.r.s. regulations and start forcing businesses to make acome daightss for nursing women at their own expense to promote it in the black community is the problem i have with it. this is the nanny stayed on steroids. megyn: she made reference to a separate thing under the healthcare reform act more and more businesses are required to give nursing mothers private space wh...

Management. and the new york centers have been almost a focal point. theyre at each others threats throats and theres been a number of studies taking place up there and clearly something needs to be done. there needs to be a way in which you have work rules that allows you to staff up when you need people on station and allows you to ramp down when you dont need so many people. megyn: what do they oversee in this air traffic controller? >> its a center, so theyre controlling a lot of airspace. s...

Youre dealing with, parents like natasha has kids in a charter school means they eve worked hard to get their kid in there. theyve recognized this. can you have the kind of deal that your parents have in charter school network that a noncharter public school can have with their parents? does this work because you have charter schools? >> i dont think so. its just another kind of public school. its free from the bureaucracy of management. were free from some of the work rules of the union contrac...

Pay. even though the posting service is losing billions of dollars and owes the government billions. you say forget cuts. shut down the post office altogether. >> the post office should be abolished a immediately. a few weeks ago i was waiting in a long line to mail something and ten the woman says i have to take a break. the line shuts down and everybody stands there. inefficient. the work rules are archaic and it should be abolished today. >> david: stephane, just get rid of it? >> no. cmon. a...

Drives a huge amount -- >> how does it work. they put $4.5 billion into the stimulus. they say you only get this money in the states if you agree to a series of accountability mechanisms if you great to let student performance, in other words whether johnny has learned anything between september and june to be relevant to teacher evaluation. you have to lift your caps on charter schools. >> whats their incentive? >> for the teachers. >> why are they fighting charter schools? >> wouldnt you like ...

Employee work rules, surface curbing the amount of unused vacation and sick tile and giving towns the right to furlough public employees. back to you martha. martha: tough fight. eric shawn in the newsroom. bill: meantime, she is at the top of her party and a top pundit says that sarah palin is the one to deal with come 2012 but what do recent e-mails say about the coverage she gets? great panel, fair and balanced debate on that in a matter of moments. martha: bp says it is close to a permanent ...