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It looks awfully familiar, to anyone whos been paying attention to whats going on in wisconsin and new jersey. this jobs budget comes right out of the scott walker-chris christie playbook. cut corporate taxes and go after the working folk of america in your state. heres kasich unveiling his budget yesterday. >> this budget is woven with one reform after another. it is, i would guess, the most reformed oriented budget presented in modern ohio history. >> republicans use the word reform, because t...

Contracts, eliminating transparency and slashing services for kids. its no wonder that when you look at wisconsin polls, public school parents are saying no way. so whats happening here is that the governor, you know, has decided that whoever his friends are are more important than the people in wisconsin, and whoever his friends are are more important that the vital services that the people in wisconsin want. ive talked to people on the streets in whether its milwaukee or madison, and they just...

Lot of players around the nfl saying man that guy aint playing for me. what about the city of chicago? what about that heart culture of the working folk in chicago? do they deserve better? its the last game of the season. everything is on the line. based on the way collins played im sure cutler as good as his arm is could have played a heck of a lot better. where do the bears end up? they turn to a third teamer whos had no work with the first team, guy barely took a snap in practice. goes out th...

Guy with no guts and heart. i can guarantee you there are a lot of players around the nfl saying man that guy aint playing for me. what about the city of chicago? what about that heart culture of the working folk in chicago? do they deserve better? its the last game of the season. everything is on the line. based on the way collins played im sure cutler as good as his arm is could have played a heck of a lot better. where do the bears end up? they turn to a third teamer whos had no work with the...

Congressman, theres john boehner. for everyone else theres justin couss 0 le. >> joining me now is joan walsh, editor-in-chief salon.com. im smiling, too. the democrats ought to nationally fund that ad, what do you think? >> its a great ad. this is a national race because leader bainer is trying to run a campaign to make himself the speaker. hes actually going out and raising money, and thats the draw, ed. ill be your speaker if you elect enough republicans. and i think this is a frightening con...

Donald writes, its not fair nor is it going to solve the problem to only take food from the mouths of the poor. but until new nonregressive tax revenues are raised, the skies arent going to clear. two campaign pledges the president nailed on, removing us from iraq and raising taxes on those making more than $250,000. both would go a long way towards perking up the economy. and bud writes from washington, i bet a lot of working folk this the depression is already here, jack. i have friends who ha...

Arkansas are associated or members of a union. wheres all this union love coming from from the afl-cio to get you $3 million? are you a beneficiary of people who just dont like blanche lincoln or are you out there doing what you got to do and willing to do what you got to do for the working folk of america? which is it? >> well, ed, ive got a history of working with the state, afl-cio on a very important issue, as you say, a kitchen table issue. the afl-cio was the first group out to work with m...

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