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Federal government, a company that made over half a billion dollars just in the first quarter of this year. but pays the workers $11 an hour. that is more than $20,000 a year. but the ceo of the company made $20 million. 1,000 times, 1,000 times the average worker. >> eric: a free market, private business. they can pay whatever they want. you and i should have no problem with it. the only one who should is the shareholders. let's get back to the issue. the labor issue. why do they have an opinion about boeing opening a new plant, in south carolina? >> the nlrb has an opinion and a role in how ...

Proceeds and profit from the federal government, a company that made over half a billion dollars just in the first quarter of this year. but pays the workers $11 an hour. that is more than $20,000 a year. but the ceo of the company made $20 million. 1,000 times, 1,000 times the average worker. >> eric: a free market, private business. they can pay whatever they want. you and i should have no problem with it. the only one who should is the shareholders. let's get back to the issue. the labor issue. why do they have an opinion about boeing opening a new plant, in south carolina? >> the nlrb has ...

Much profit they can make? >> of course not. but the point is -- >> eric: you can't hire workers at lower wage in south carolina. you need to do it in washington state where we can get our grimy hands on you. >> i don't think that's what they are saying they are saying that the workers have right and they made a legal finding of fact the workers are punished for the union activities. i want to live in a country where people have a right to belong to union without fear of reprize sal. maybe that is not the america you envision. i want to live in that one. >> eric: but it's a right to work, pay ...

Issues that are of the moment. what this really comes down to in wisconsin is a question of how independent this court will be of the governor. now, it happens at this point that the court is 4-3 conservative split that leans toward a position of being very favorable toward this governor, not just on this issue but a host of issues. if joanne kloppenburg beats david prosser, the court will be narrowly aligned in opposition to or at least in skepticism toward the governor. that's really what it comes down to. it's a little bigger than just the labor issue. it comes down to some of the core ques...

Team is meeting with republicans and congress people and did it yesterday to figure out how to resolve our deficit. more importantly, we all know we have to tighten our belts. and people in wisconsin and public sector have tightened their belts in the past few years. nouz it's time for everyone to share the sacrifice and do it in the right way that won't harm the public and hurt people, especially vulnerable populations. >> we're facing another labor issue, the nfl, the president wants the owners, you've got $9 billion on the table here, the fact is that you've got very wealthy owners, very we...