Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110218:21:04:00
Are veconveniently own role in creating the budget mess. this year they are $137 million in the red. a big chunk comes from 117 million for tax breaks in businesses that governor walker ran through just a few weeks ago. did the gop have to go after collective bargaining to fix the state budget? joining me now is joe klein, columnist for "time" magazine and william cohan. william, why don't i start with you. is there hubris and excess going on in wisconsin today? what do you make of this? >> this is the central issue of our time. how to make do with less. how to make do with a shrink pie when e...