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Teachers unions. it's been the center of the conversation. these states you've got the educational associations, but largely these are places that don't have collective bargaining where this is done as a grassroots organizing effort. >> i think that's what makes it so impressive. and it's likely that we'll see this happen in other states as well, because throughout the south and other right-to-work states, places like kansas, there have been cuts to education, and teachers have been barely scraping by. and i think they've seen from the success in west virginia that collective action does make ...

>> oklahoma has a really historically low income taxes. very low production taxes on oil and gas. they're beginning to say let's raise those production taxes a little bit. but it's still much lower than some other states with an energy sector. so yeah, this is a state that has really had a tax cut worth doxey. and now the republican teachers are saying hold on a second, maybe we went too far with. >> david, what are the politics of this like? these are states where public teachers are in these states, i don't know if you polled them, but are probably maybe a majority of republicans? certainly ...

Historically low income taxes. very low production taxes on oil and gas. they're beginning to say let's raise those production taxes a little bit. but it's still much lower than some other states with an energy sector. so yeah, this is a state that has really had a tax cut worth doxey. and now the republican teachers are saying hold on a second, maybe we went too far with. >> david, what are the politics of this like? these are states where public teachers are in these states, i don't know if you polled them, but are probably maybe a majority of republicans? certainly something like 50-50. a l...

Teachers unions. it's been the center of the conversation. these states you've got the educational associations, but largely these are places that don't have collective bargaining where this is done as a grassroots organizing effort. >> i think that's what makes it so impressive. and it's likely that we'll see this happen in other states as well, because throughout the south and other right-to-work states, places like kansas, there have been cuts to education, and teachers have been barely scraping by. and i think they've seen from the success in west virginia that collective action does make ...

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