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>> it was underwater in the polls not long before the devos family started getting in there and really pushing it. >> as andy reports in the story, they did a bunch of polls o. a bunch of issues and found there was 7% support for right-to-work, that's why they went forward with pushing for that issue. and remember, there's money, power, and a lot of influence, political influence with the labor unions that was already there. it's not like there was some sort of popular isnsentiment th was being reflected in the way the laws were set up. there were labor unions that were pressuring unions to su...

1970, devos family members have invested at least $200 million on a host of right-wing causes, think tanks, media outlets, political committees, evangelical outfits, and a string of advocacy groups. they spent $44 million alone in michigan just in the past 17 years, and it's borne fruit. the devos family helped make michigan a state synonymous with the power of organized labor a right-to-work state. crowell reports that, quote, like his father, dick devos jr. sees organized labor as an enemy of freedom and union leaders as violent thugs who have an almost pathological obsession to power. but w...

shiny button just like this one and you knew if you pushed it, you could lift 900,000 people out of poverty just like that. you'd push it, right? but hold on, there's a catch. what if by pressing that button, you might also be eliminating 500,000 jobs or as many as a million or none? and there's really no way of knowing until you push. in fact, you might not know until long after you push or you might not ever know. would you do it then? that's the question we have to ask when we debate whether to raise the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, as a bill introduced by congressional...

It's no coincidence that the governor said 250,000 jobs, i think that's where he wants the new jobs to come from is from public employees. all of that being said, what marty said and ed said is momentum is on tom barrett's side right now. i would rather it be tom barrett than scott walker and i feel good about it right now. >> when you look at the money, follow the money they tell us, marty. when you look at the out of state billionaire donor that's have supported scott walker, bob perry, she'll don adelson, richard devos. a lot of money from out of state. why are they so interested in support...

people to get out and vote. tomorrow will be the recall vote. right wing governor scott walker when walker was elected in 2010 he promised he would focus on the economy. he said he would accuracy jobs but that was just a trojan horse. here is a secret tape of what walker told a donor last year. >> any chance we will be a completely red state? become a right to work? >> well, we can -- we're going to start in a few weeks. the first step is we're going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employees, because you can divide and conquer. >> that's right, divide and conquer. h...