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That's $10,000 more than what ted strickland was earning when he was governor. kasich is still eligible for an automatic 3% annual raises which senate bill 5 eliminated for public union workers. republicans in ohio are no different than any of the other republicans across this country. they think shared sacrifice means sacrificing middle class americans, need to do more than the top 1% or 2%. joining me now is sue taylor, she is the president of the ohio federation of teachers. jack real is the president of the columbus firefighters union local 67. jim gilbert, president of the fraternal order...

>> good morning, t.j. this is cnn saturday morning. 10:00 a.m. in atlanta and still a very early 7:00 a.m. in los angeles. where you are t.j. and there's a lot to talk about. >> this venetian hotel will be the sight of the republican debate that with him be hosting next week. but already, one of the candidates is boycotting the cnn debate and several others of the candidates are actually going to be boycotting the nevada caucuses. we'll get into that more in just a moment. but if i just ask you to take a moment right now, folks b, and what's the first thing that comes to your mind wh...

Union is putting out a commercial. well, it's not over last night with the vote. let me show what is getting ready to go up from the labor movement, this commercial. >> what if middle-class families were finally given the podium that politicians finally listen to us? instead of fight for millionaires and corporations, we tell them to create millions of jobs for our families, reward companies who hire returning veterans, rebuild roads and modern i'd our kids' schools. okay. maybe we don't have the podium, but we do have the plan. >> that's an ad by afscme, that's going up nationally. wow, does ...

He went on to talk about the people down there. he said, you know what? this is the democrats here want this to happen because what it's doing is a big distraction for the obama scme failed policies. do you agree? >> i do agree. it takes everybody's eye off the ball. the fact, listen, the people vitalked to -- look, i live in the sports world. i talk to real people every day. they say they are sitting on the sidelines, holding onto their capital. we have $2.5 trillion in cash that businesses are sitting on because they don't know about taxes or health care or regulation. people want people to ...

He went on to talk about the people down there. he said, you know what? this is the democrats here want this to happen because what it's doing is a big distraction for the obama scme failed policies. do you agree? >> i do agree. it takes everybody's eye off the ball. the fact, listen, the people vitalked to -- look, i live in the sports world. i talk to real people every day. they say they are sitting on the sidelines, holding onto their capital. we have $2.5 trillion in cash that businesses are sitting on because they don't know about taxes or health care or regulation. people want people to ...