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Inside the house of delegates. cameras are not allowed during this meeting, or in the friday meeting. usually there is a great deal of support with an extraordinary amount of unity behind the leadership. >> extremely unified. we are 100 percent behind our leadership. it's, really, it has been a great experience for unity for our union. >>reporter: there was a sympathy strike by unionized john tores and other unions in the city. to this point, the mayor rahm emanuel was seen as a person to successfully bring unions to the table and have them give up things even in mid-contract. this, the union ...

Budget into balance even though we can't even make it in ten years. >> heather: what about on taxes. the plan calls for two individual tax rates. then we're talking about overhauling corporate taxes as well? >> there will be a simplification, 10% and 25% tax rate. this is actually good for everybody. the corporate rate going from 35 to 25%. any time you get a reduction in court tax rate you always get jobs. that is actually a really good thing. the tradeoff here they'll be some give backs on exemptions and deductions and make it much fairer tax for everybody. >> heather: then we hear a lot fro...

Costs under control so that i can then rebuild the state's economic picture to the tune of 250,000 jobs. how do you create jobs by breaking the union? >> well, we're going to find out more in his state of the state message which will be next tuesday. what he is alluding to. i have talked with some of the folks there in madison, wisconsin. what he is alluding to is stripping away collective bargaining powers that constrain the ability of government to reduce the size of payrolls and, indeed, reduce wages. he is going to be saving the citizens of -- so he says. >> bill: about $3 billion over thr...

Economic picture to the tune of 250,000 jobs. how do you create jobs by breaking the union? >> well, we're going to find out more in his state of the state message which will be next tuesday. what he is alluding to. i have talked with some of the folks there in madison, wisconsin. what he is alluding to is stripping away collective bargaining powers that constrain the ability of government to reduce the size of payrolls and, indeed, reduce wages. he is going to be saving the citizens of -- so he says. >> bill: about $3 billion over three or four years. how does that create jobs. >> it saves jo...

Can then rebuild the state's economic picture to the tune of 250,000 jobs. how do you create jobs by breaking the union? >> well, we're going to find out more in his state of the state message which will be next tuesday. what he is alluding to. i have talked with some of the folks there in madison, wisconsin. what he is alluding to is stripping away collective bargaining powers that constrain the ability of government to reduce the size of payrolls and, indeed, reduce wages. he is going to be saving the citizens of -- so he says. >> bill: about $3 billion over three or four years. how does tha...