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Capital square. my colleagues and i went home for the past three days to our own districts and can i tell you i went to the barber shop i went out to dinner with my wife and grocery store. people get it outraged they are not in session because they have gone to illinois. they are outraged at the idea we are not having this discussion. at the end of the day they truly realize this is a very modest proposal. asking workers to pay half of their pension and literally only half of the national average for their health insurance is not something that is out of step with reality. in fact, it's what t...

Capital square. my colleagues and i went home for the past three days to our own districts and can i tell you i went to the barber shop i went out to dinner with my wife and grocery store. people get it outraged they are not in session because they have gone to illinois. they are outraged at the idea we are not having this discussion. at the end of the day they truly realize this is a very modest proposal. asking workers to pay half of their pension and literally only half of the national average for their health insurance is not something that is out of step with reality. in fact, it's what t...

Seems like more of an assault on unions. and i think it's very important for us to understand that public employee, they are our neighbors. they are our friends. >> bill: if state workers will not give back some of their benefits, there is no solution to the fiscal crisis anywhere. you can't raise taxes anymore. the folks are tapped out. live on long island elderly people are selling their homes because they can't sell the high tax rate. perhaps over a few years that way they could look for other jobs in the private sector if they don't believe they are being compensated fairly in the public a...