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That's fine. shared sacrifice, we all understand that has to happen. >> by the way, that is a significant -- i'm going to say, i was very tough on friday because it was a budget issue and because teachers walked out on kids in classrooms. but for people on these incomes, that is a significant concession. >> huge. >> listen, maybe they have been getting a free pass. as you said, they negotiated it, you said they negotiated it. >> they gave. >> but to give this much of your salary, i would say that is meeting the governor halfway. >> and to give up collective bargaining rights and have an electi...

If you think this is just about money in the budget, then you might believe cesar chavez was just working to get a couple pennies more per pound for grapes or that martin luther king was really working for access to hotels and restaurants. there's a much bigger issue at stake here. for over 80 years in america we've recognized the rights of our workers to freely gather together, collectively bargain so they could have fairness in the workplace and fairness in compensation. that is what's at stake here. it goes way beyond this budget issue. this governor of wisconsin is not setting out just to ...

Perceive is the strong-arming by the wisconsin governor. >> yes, megyn. i was joking that i should leave the room so you would shoot an empty chair as the democrat. that was your crew's idea. why know what my peeps are doing, but my mother told me there are mountains to die on. this is a mountain to die on. this is a delay. this is a statement. this is not just a statement for their constituents, because there are republicans that we see on the screen there, republicans and democrats, in all unions. it's a union issue, not a democrat issue. megyn: the governor would say, it's a budget issue. i...

Of the national association. it's great to see you. thank you so much. let's talk about the situation in wisconsin. because it encapsulates the tensions we're seeing in states around the country. i don't think anything is quite as serious as what's happened in wisconsin with this proposal, which would strip collective bargaining rights from all public workers. >> absolutely. i'm so proud to be here with our 100,000 colleagues in the national education association, and also to be with all of our public employee unions and their workers. make no mistake, andrea, this is not about fixing the budg...

And just as george w. bush was shameless on spending and entitlements, mike barnicle now you have another president who is just -- i mean, seriously, think about this. change we can believe in. hey, this is the most important budget issue but i'm not going to talk about it but i'm glad the republicans are. that's what he said. >> we're viewing this through the prism of politics, through the prism of the 2012 election. if you view it through the prism of human nature, it's understandable. he's looking at these other people, the republicans, the leader of the republicans and the senate to say hi...