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Budgets. that's why you need property tax reform. >> paying for performance of teachers, something unions don't want. >> we need to fundamentally look at the question of why is it we spend as a country a lot per pupil relative to lots of other countries, yet we are not getting anywhere near the results we should be getting? this solution doesn't address that. >> because it is incentive pay. incentives matter. if you are doing a great job you want to get paid more for it, right? >> the system is based on mediocrity. everyone is protected, no matter what you do. in the old days when teachers wer...

State with the budget deficit. they understand that everybody has to share the pain. they say there is a nonstarter and they are not willing to discuss the erosion of union benefits. >> casey, listen to the crowd behind you. thanks. wisconsin is not alone with budget troubles. 44 states expect deficits for fiscal year 2012. take texas. the governor wants to cut $5 billion from public schools. chiefly from arts programs, prekindergarten and incentive pay. job cuts are very much on the table as well. i want to bring in wayne slater who follows politics for the dallas morning news. the go-to guy ...