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Out of money and facing tough cuts? >> i think workers and unions are willing to come to the table in a serious way and talk in a constructive way of what we can do together to address our budget problems. but the truth is that unions and working families and the middle class have done a lot of sacrificing in the last couple years, in fact, the last couple decades. we've given up our jobs, our home, our health care. we've seen stagnating economy for a couple decades now. we want to make sure we're talking about some of the folks that got all the gains the last few decades. at the very top, the...

Republican governors, but a lot of their budget problems do stem from a lot of promise made to workers that haven't been funded. pension, health care, and so forth. not just against the wealthy but against normal taxpayers who face substantial tax increases if cuts are to be avoided. for example, in illinois they doubled taxes. but in illinois, they had a lot of space to do it. wisconsin already has some of the highest taxes in the country. you can't have a millionaire's tax in wisconsin, it won't cover the cost of meeting these obligations and the millionaires will leave. we discovered that i...

Middle class have done a lot of krifg in the last couple of years and last couple of decades. we've given up our homes, jobs, pension, health care. we're seeing growing inequality for a couple of decades. we talk about shared sacrifice we want to make sure we're talking about some of the folks who got all the gains over the last few decades at the very top, wealthiest, wall street and top corporations that they are at that table as well. >> i'll pick it right up there with the professor from the university of maryland school of business. peter, we didn't cause this financial crisis, we weren't...

January. he's sinking out there. and of course scott walker is doing a little better than the rest, 53 to 41. say their opinion of governor walker is strongly unfavorable. what do you think of this pattern? >> there's a trending, first of all, it's bad for incumbents right now where they have to solve these tremendous budget problems. but certainly you've got with the kasich and walker, you have republican governors who are slashing a lot of popular programs. they are going after collective bargaining, which has got the unions angry. >> why do you people all of a sudden like the unions? they w...

Well. his disapproval as well is almost 50%, twice what it was in january. he's sinking out there. and of course scott walker is doing a little better than the rest, 53 to 41. say their opinion of governor walker is strongly unfavorable. what do you think of this pattern? >> there's a trending, first of all, it's bad for incumbents right now where they have to solve these tremendous budget problems. but certainly you've got with the kasich and walker, you have republican governors who are slashing a lot of popular programmes. they are going after collective bargaining, which has got the unions...