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My last question to representative souter is why not let the unions keep collective bargaining and just have the politicians say no. you can all come to us but our answer is no. what's the problem with that? >> the problem is twofold. there are hundreds of bargaining units in wisconsin. it takes on average 15 months to negotiate a contract. i will remind representative barka last november when the democratic majority at that time tried to ram through state contracts they couldn't get it through a democratic legislature and governor they tried to ram it through couldn't get it through and then ...

My last question to representative souter is why not let the unions keep collective bargaining and just have the politicians say no. you can all come to us but our answer is no. what's the problem with that? >> the problem is twofold. there are hundreds of bargaining units in wisconsin. it takes on average 15 months to negotiate a contract. i will remind representative barka last november when the democratic majority at that time tried to ram through state contracts they couldn't get it through a democratic legislature and governor they tried to ram it through couldn't get it through and then ...