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Governor. when chris christie became governor, he inherited two catastrophes. one was the fact after the administration's of jim mcgreevey and jon corzine, new jersey had the highest income taxes in the country, highest property taxes, third highest sales taxes and number one outward bound migration state in the nation. that was followed up with hurricane sandy, the most devastating catastrophe the state has. yet this governor has taken on the labor unions. the government workinger unions. he has taken on the pension system. he is putting new jersey back on track. but most of all, what you saw...

Job, is that the case? >> that's correct, no one will lose a job. we need to give the local governments the tools they need. their labor costs are 80% of their budgets. this is not about busting unions or taking away collective bargaining. this is about saying we have to do our fair share for the public good. bill: are the senate democrats coming back to madison or do you have any indication that will happen in the coming days? >> we need them to come back to work. the democratic representative processes -- the elections count. and we took a big damage in sour state. we have a republican gover...