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To be addressed. megyn: they think it on thing this governor is going to understand are bully tactics because that's what he's using. >> what they call bully tactics, i call fiscal tactics. they want to clean their house. there would still be close to $400 billion. not to mention governor doyle hand out outrageous pension benefits. the state can't pay for it. the average worker makes $38,000 to $40,000. megyn: why isn't governor doyle catching more heat for this? yes, the unions bargained for some good deals. but there was somebody across the traibl from them giving them the good deal. >> for ...

With the unions. he says if it were they'd be going after the private sector unions as well. instead, he says, this is about his duty to balance the budget. listen to him: >> some have also suggested that wisconsin raise taxes on corporations, and people with high incomes. well, governor doyle and the legislature did that. two years ago. in fact, they passed a budget repair bill in just one day, mind you, that included a billion dollars tax increase. instead of raising taxes, we need to control government spending to balance our budget. martha: there you have it. the democrats argue the people...

Other critics have said you're just abandening your duties. >> up until recently, i had a 100% role call in the state senate. i take my job very seriously. been doing it for 26 years. i just didn't get off the bus. i think governor walker is just abusing his power. i've stood up against democratic governors, governor doyle. i stood up against other governors when i believe something the right, to defend the basic human right of someone to be able to collectively bargain their working conditions. that's a human right. that is something that's necessary and governor walker is very simply out to ...

Workers. in fact, i've signed seven other small business tax cuts so that entrepreneurs can help expand, buy new equipment. and add more employees. we take emergency steps to prevent layoffs of hundreds of thousands of teachers and firefighters and police officers. and other critical public servants in our communities. and i think that governor doyle will testify that we have made progress in part because everybody is pulling together. there was a great danger of even greater layoffs all across this state for vital services that would affect our kids and our families. these folks would have ot...

And buy now equipment and add more employees. we've taken emergency steps to prevent layoffs of hundreds of thousands of teachers and firefighters and police officers and other critical public serve ants in our communities and i think governor doyle will testify, we have made progress in part because everybody pulled together. there was a great danger of greater layoffs all across the state for vital services that would affect our kids and our families. these folks would have otherwise lost their jobs because of state and local budget cuts. and at the same time what we've been trying to do and...