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Before it got hot, before it got into the skillet. he said he was left with a big pension deficit problem and by the previous governor ridge, republican, on his way out the door. signed a bill and left him with a big, big pension bill. he can't pay. and that's been the reason for the deficits out there in pennsylvania. what do you make of that? these contracts do drive up the debt. >> well, in the case of montana, we -- statutes so that if you start even working one day, whatever your benefits are, all the way to retirement,that's what you get. what we have done -- when i took office, we chang...

And that's been the reason for the deficits out there in pennsylvania. what do you make of that? that these contracts do drive up the debt? >> well, in the case of montana, we have statutes so that if youç start even working one day, whatever your benefits are, all the way to retirement, that's what you get. so what we've done, when i took office, is we changed the benefit package for anybody new who comes on board. and we've negotiated with the public employee unions. we've negotiated health care benefits. we've negotiated their wages, negotiated the number of days they've worked. they're wi...

Before it got in the stillet, if you will. and he said he was left with a big pension definite problem by the previous governor, a republican on his way out the door signed a bill that left him with a big, big pension bill he can't pay. and that's been the reason for the deficits out there in pennsylvania. what do you make of that? that these contracts do drive up the debt? >> well, in the case of montana, we have statutes so that if you start even working one day, whatever your benefits are, all the way to retirement, that's what you get. so what we've done, when i took office, is we changed ...

That left him with a big, big pension bill he can't pay. and that's been the reason for the deficits out there in pennsylvania. what do you make of that? that these contracts do drive up the debt? >> well, in the case of montana, we have statutes so that if you start even working one day, whatever your benefits are, all the way to retirement, that's what you get. so what we've done, when i took office, is we changed the benefit package for anybody new who comes on board. and we've negotiated with the public employee unions. we've negotiated health care benefits. we've negotiated their wages, n...

Finances are just a pretext. among the most expensive benefit package, the state pays for any union employees, are the ones for the unions that supported mr. walker when he ran for governor. also happen to be the only ones exempted from his union stripping plan. if this was really about money, those would be the first ones on the chopping block, but it is not all about money. finances are just a pretext. in the midst of the supposed budget deficit emergency that makes necessary this dramatic anti-union bill, the governor supported adding about $140 million to the state's deficit, when he passe...