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2007 to 2010, which wiped out two decades of wealth in america. then if you talk about who is benefitting here, the middle 60% of the country saw the biggest losses while the top 10% saw their net worth increase. something has to be done to address this disparity. >> all the great things about protecting those job createors, they have done very well in the last several years. i mean, you see this over and over again. record profits. you see bonuses going up. you see salaries going up on the top 2%. wall street doing well while the middle class, and then the disparity. part of the concern of th...

I would argue the president's effort to bundle this, to use your word, that is not proven. no one has really married successfully the issue of a labor issue, say, in wisconsin or now michigan with the larger the middle class conversation. as a political issue, this is very different, i think, from a purely labor issue because labor is no longer -- labor used to be the democratic party's core. right now there is some disconnect between the labor movement and the sort of broader democratic constitch wednesdayys, you know, and many of which should have defined the last election. if you think of h...

Because millionaires are trying to save a little money by busting the referee's union. i'll have more to say about this in a few moments. but today we learned what kind of labor issue we will have on our hands if mitt romney is president. it will affect the future of education in this country. mitt romney participated in nbc's education nation summit today. the candidate had so few specifics about future plans for education he sounded more like a low-information voter than a candidate for president. >> education is about teachers, great leadership and parents. and the union has a different o...

I'll have more to say about this in a few moments. but today we learned what kind of labor issue we will have on our hands if mitt romney is president. it will affect the future of education in this country. mitt romney participated in nbc's education nation summit today. the candidate had so few specifics about future plans for education he sounded more like a low-information voter than a candidate for president. >> education is about teachers, great leadership and parents. and the union has a different objective. i understand. it's fine for them to promote it. it's not fine for us to go al...

Setback until the upper court uphelds that. >> chris: less than a minute left. another labor issue as you know i'm sure they just ended a messy and angry school strike in chicago. first of all, how did you think that rahm emanuel the mayor of chicago handled it? and secondly, will yew beginning to see. >> i mentioned even before the strike in places like chicago where wampum emanuel or even some of 9 other states look at massachusetts, new york, others out there when you are the chief executive be it a mayor or governor the buck stops with you. you ultimately have got to make decisions that ma...