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>> neil: have you gotten your healthcare waiver yet? just wait. more than 1300 companies and a bunch of unions have, including another 200 in the last few days. if that doesn't prove this healthcare law needs some nursing, now we're hearing even nursing homes want out. no wonder leading healthcare law critic says this thing is flatlining fast. >> that's right. another industry slither to the white house with their lobbyists to get an exemption from the law the rest -- >> neil: why do they want out? >> because they employ about 1.6 million low-income workers, and they look at how much it costs ...

To testify before congress here's what he has to say with the plumb federal jobs >> it's very tough to get a federal job but if you can get it, you're guaranteed raises simply based on serving time and not because of your performance, you're guaranteed a fantastic benefit package, you can retire with full pension benefits at 56 it's a great job if you can get it >> reporter: jenna, it is very tough to score those jobs in washington, a long waiting list for those who are in the application process jenna: something we'll continue to watch shannon bream, live from washington, thank you >> uh-huh ...

Going to save wisconsin any money. >> meanwhile there was news about how much public schoolteachers in milwaukee actually make. what is their average salary? it turns out that here it is. they have done some crunching of the numbers. this is a conservative think tank. other people checked these numbers as well. turns out they make almost 60,000 in average salary. then in their benefits package fringe benefits and healthcare compensation vacations, et cetera. they make almost 42,000. if you add it up it's $101,000. >> no wonder they don't to give up the collective bargaining right. it's not the...

We didn't fund pensions. we had noel control on our spending. we had a republican governor who gave a 20-year benefit package to employees. i'm different. you know, i have asked for shared sacrifice and that includes unions in a respectful way. it includes $800 million in cuts. >> governor scott, let me move to you. you promised during the campaign that you would cut taxes. you say you are going to cut taxes by $2 billion. still make up for that. in doing that you're going to cut funds out of education, out of law enforcement. i want to show you a quick poll. it was floridians. will rick scott...

What we are doing. that's why the business community is largely supporting what i'm doing. for years connecticut has not made a single hard decision. they have just bumped along. we didn't fund pensions. we had noel control on our spending. we had a republican governor who gave a 20-year benefit package to employees. i'm different. you know, i have asked for shared sacrifice and that includes unions in a respectful way. it includes $800 million in cuts. >> governor scott, let me move to you. you promised during the campaign that you would cut taxes. you say you are going to cut taxes by $2 bil...