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Them walk out of the jobs and show up at the state capitol and all the time they're on the public payroll. >> in addition, karl, comparing congress walker to president mubarak, to hitler, the civility everybody was calling for seems to have evaporated. >> in fact the president himself added to this. he says this is about clkt tiff bargaining, taking away collective bargaining, no, it's not. it's about saying that the state is going to require a certain amount of-- of skin in the game by state employees, basing 3.6 billion dollar shortfall, and the president exaggerated, much as's he he done wi...

Thing. >> go see your ear, nose and throat doctor. >> sean: i know. first they have a 3.6 billion dollar shortfall, they are in trouble like many states are. these contracts are unsustainable we can no longer afford it. they are asking them to do less than what most private sector employees -- >> every private employee has to pay something. in wisconsin they pay zero even on the health care, $200 a month that can be worth as much as $24,000 a year for a family of four. pay 10% of what you are getting. scott walker was the first republican county executive in milwaukee county in nearly one huff...

Thing. >> go see your ear, nose and throat doctor. >> sean: i know. first they have a 3.6 billion dollar shortfall, they are in trouble like many states are. these contracts are unsustainable we can no longer afford it. they are asking them to do less than what most private sector employees -- >> every private employee has to pay something. in wisconsin they pay zero even on the health care, $200 a month that can be worth as much as $24,000 a year for a family of four. pay 10% of what you are getting. scott walker was the first republican county executive in milwaukee county in nearly one huff...

Are unjust. >> but, sam, bottom line, bottom line here, do you see really yes or no from your perspective in washington, d.c., is there room here for compromise? there are thousands of people furious over this. yet, there is a multimillion dollar shortfall in the state of wisconsin. >> there is room for compromise. part of the reason that the rally is i think so acute, although i think it would be an issue that would get people out no matter what is because of the climate that's been created over the past 12 months where i think because it's a simpler narrative, the reality is lots of educator...

Any objections to that? keeping the status quo so people can buy and create jobs. >> it is like tax credit in the bill nice to give everybody $400 once the money is gone it's spent and that was. what we need to be about is sustainable environment for job growth. we are seeing at the state level now budgets having huge holes in it. my state of virginia almost a four billion dollar shortfall. last year there wasn't a shortfall because the stimulus money arrived. those same jobs technically that may have been saved by the stimulus bill are now going to be cut. what do we have to show for it 800 b...