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Said over 20 governors are running budgets that are structurally imbalanced. i'm running a surplus. plus i've cut taxes by $3 billion. when i was chairman of the budget committee, we balanced the federal budget and had a $5 trillion surplus. we cut the capital gains tax. if somebody says i'm a spender, i might spend on some things that really matter. i know how to set priorities. that's important. >> are you a compassionate conservative? >> i don't like titles. economic growth is not an end unto itself it is a means to an end and we need to lift everyone. we just did all this with hillary. hil...

Republican governor joining us on the show. welcome. >>guest: thank you very much. >> you are one of the few running a surplus. how much has the fact you are a right to work state contributed to that. >>guest: that is part of the package but as you also know we are fortunate we have good tour e and agriculture and the equation is not how much you get in but how much you spend and we are fiscally conservative and rightfully so it has served us well because we have a surplus. >> governor walker in wisconsin is under a lot of pressure. how much union pressure is being placed on you and how much i...