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That's the crux of the matter. >> that is a big part of the discussion from their perspective. but from those of us who are representing the taxpayers, we know that at the end of the day, once again, this is really about those pension and benefits. remember, that the unions walked away from the table in september. >> bill: mr. vos, they are going to give them back. they already said they are going to give them back. you are going to get what you want there. so let's just put that aside for a second. is the republican party in wisconsin and governor walker going to compromise on the union being...

>> that is a big part of the discussion from their perspective. but from those of us who are representing the taxpayers, we know that at the end of the day, once again, this is really about those pension and benefits. remember, that the unions walked away from the table in september. >> bill: mr. vos, they are going to give them back. they already said they are going to give them back. you are going to get what you want there. so let's just put that aside for a second. is the republican party in wisconsin and governor walker going to compromise on the union being able to negotiate? will they c...

Chemicals are going into their food and give them the option then of making healthier options. it's not forcing them to choose it, educating them. i'm all for education on any kind of process at all, whether it's voting or school systems or anything. an educated populous makes better decisions. and obesity, diabetes, all these illnesses that have come from a lack of knowledge and wrong eating habits in our country are costing the country a fortune too and people are dying younger all the time. >> she makes a good point. there's a lot of republicans say this is big brother, let parents make the...

Nothing away from government workers, i have many friends that are government workers but they're doing better than private workers. what do you make of that? >> it's been going on for some time. it's the only part of the economy that held itself harmless from the recession. it needs to be dealt with to get spending under control. the plan we're talking about iscism. team people retire every year from the federal government, for ene every one, only hire one person to fill it back and that's how you lower your workforce, lower the cost of the workforce and bring sanity back to the pay at the fe...

Certainly isn't going to happen before the election and may not happen before the presidential election. the ray of hope in massachusetts where they also passed a, used a mandate to cover 97% of all the people, which is impressive, no cost controls, now they're talking about eliminating fee for service medicine. that's a huge cost-driver. it's a cost-driver that doesn't have to be there. and in fact, it would be better for a lot of doctors if it weren't there. most people, most primary care physicians in britain working for the national health service, which spends half as much as we do, make ...